Indigo Air flight 6E469 departed from Bangalore to Jaipur with 116 passengers on board but landed with one additional passenger as a baby was born mid-flight.
The delivery was carried out by by Dr. Subahana Nazir with assistance from the cabin crews.
Both the mother and the baby are in stable condition. Dr. Nazir was later given a thank-you card by the airline.
According to aviation medical support company MedAire, Births on flights are extremely rare and only happen to about one in every 26 million passengers.
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