It was a most memorable Mother’s Day for everyone aboard an Air Canada flight from Calgary, Alberta, Saturday night, to Tokyo, Japan.
A 23-year-old gave birth to a healthy girl over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
“I couldn’t imagine, this just happened completely unexpectedly. It turned out we have a little baby, beautiful girl,” said the unidentified father to Japanese reporters as he held the baby after landing.
The plane was given landing priority and touched down 30 minutes ahead of schedule. The Japan Times reported the young mother’s labour was attended by a doctor on the flight
Mother and baby were escorted to hospital. Any woman with a normal pregnancy and no previous history of premature labour may travel up to and including her 36th week, according to Air Canada policy.
It’s not known how far into her pregnancy the woman was when she boarded the plane in Calgary.
The baby’s citizenship has not yet been confirmed but her father informed Japanese media “Her name is Chloe.”
Air Canada tweeted the mother and daughter are doing well.
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