Medical student delivers baby on board Etihad

A medical student delivered a healthy baby boy on board an Etihad flight that had to be diverted to Muscat when she went into labour on Sunday.

The pregnant woman Aminath Raushan, who was travelling with her husband Abdullah Shahid, were on board a flight from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India, to Abu Dhabi, reported Gulf News. They were en route to Minsk in Belarus, where she is a medical student.

The flight was diverted to Muscat International Airport to provide medical care to the mother and child. They were shifted to Royal Hospital in Muscat.

The newspaper quoted Shahid as saying the baby was born at eight and a half months but was healthy.

Medical students in Minsk, the couple were to reach Minsk on October 30 via Russia.