DUBAI: Turkish Airlines announced the happy news that a baby girl had been born on one of its flights on Friday but that isn’t the strangest place a child has been born.
The world over, new mothers have been put in odd situations during childbirth leading to possibly less-than-comfortable birthing experiences but great stories to tell at family gatherings.
Read on for six of the world’s strangest deliveries that made international headlines.
On an airplane
Shortly after takeoff from Guinea’s capital, Conakry, last week, crew members on a Turkish Airlines flight notices passenger Nafi Diaby, who was 28 weeks pregnant, in pain.
Staff and passengers assisted the woman in the safe delivery of a baby girl – named Kadiju — at 42,000 feet and the airline celebrated with a sweet tweet.
Welcome on board Princess! Applause goes to our cabin crew! pic.twitter.com/FFPI16Jqgt
— Turkish Airlines (@TurkishAirlines) April 7, 2017
At an art exhibition
In 2011, artist Marni Kotak made headlines by giving birth to her son Ajax Bell in the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.
A midwife was hired for the birth, but Kotak did not take any medicines and later said the natural birth caused her “the worst pain in her life,” the Daily Mail reported.
In a tree
To escape floodwaters, mother-to-be Sofia Pedro climbed a tree in Mozambique, Arica in 2000. She gave birth upon reaching the top and was rescued soon after by a South African helicopter crew, Indy100.com reported.
In court of law
In 2014, a woman gave birth to a baby girl while appearing as a witness at Birmingham Crown Court.
At Disneyland California
In July 1979, Teresa Salcedo was reportedly born on a bench at Disneyland California and became the first person to be born at the theme park.
In a Subway outlet
In 2013, a woman entered a Nevada Subway outlet in labor, causing the two on-duty staff to scramble to help her. The staff member laid down clean wrappers and rubbish bags on the floor of the bathroom and the women gave birth to a baby boy, the Mirror reported.
