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| A Ugandan woman has given birth to a baby girl on board an international flight from Amsterdam to Boston after going into labour mid-flight. | A Ugandan woman has given birth to a baby girl on board an international flight from Amsterdam to Boston after going into labour mid-flight. |
| The six-pound (2.7kg) baby named Sasha was delivered on New Year's Eve with the help of two doctors on the eight-hour-long Northwest Airlines flight. | The six-pound (2.7kg) baby named Sasha was delivered on New Year's Eve with the help of two doctors on the eight-hour-long Northwest Airlines flight. |
| Mother and baby were taken to a Boston hospital on landing and are doing well. | Mother and baby were taken to a Boston hospital on landing and are doing well. |
| Sasha was deemed a Canadian citizen for customs' purposes because she was born over Canada's airspace. | Sasha was deemed a Canadian citizen for customs' purposes because she was born over Canada's airspace. |
| Canada's immigration ministry has not yet commented. | |
| The rare trans-Atlantic birth was greeted with cheers and applause from passengers on board flight 59, reports said. | The rare trans-Atlantic birth was greeted with cheers and applause from passengers on board flight 59, reports said. |
| The excitement began some six hours into the flight, when the Ugandan woman who was eight months pregnant went into heavy labour. | The excitement began some six hours into the flight, when the Ugandan woman who was eight months pregnant went into heavy labour. |
| Flight crew located two doctors on board the plane, and the woman gave birth to Sasha at 0900 Boston time (1400 GMT) - some 90 minutes before touch down. | Flight crew located two doctors on board the plane, and the woman gave birth to Sasha at 0900 Boston time (1400 GMT) - some 90 minutes before touch down. |
| "Everybody was there to help," Dr Natarajan Raman, who helped deliver the child, told the Boston Globe. | "Everybody was there to help," Dr Natarajan Raman, who helped deliver the child, told the Boston Globe. |
| "People offered baby food, people brought things, people vacated their seats...The spirit of America is alive," he added. | "People offered baby food, people brought things, people vacated their seats...The spirit of America is alive," he added. |
| The mother's identity - as well as her reasons for travelling so late into her pregnancy - were not clear. She was said to be travelling with a toddler and a friend. | The mother's identity - as well as her reasons for travelling so late into her pregnancy - were not clear. She was said to be travelling with a toddler and a friend. |