Witnessing rare incident, A baby girl was born on-board IndiGo's Bengaluru-Jaipur flight mid-air on Wednesday morning.  The baby girl was born mid-air onboard flight 6E 469. The baby was delivered with the help of airline's crew assisted by doctors on board.

"The baby was delivered with the help of the IndiGo crew, effectively assisted by Dr. Subahana Nazir, travelling with us on the same flight," the airline said in a statement.

"Jaipur airport was immediately informed to arrange for a doctor and an ambulance on arrival. Both the baby and mother are stable." Dr Subahana Nazir, who helped deliver the baby, was greeted into the arrival hall and a 'thank you' card was handed over by the Jaipur staff of the airline.

The flight departed from Bengaluru around 5.45 am and landed in Jaipur around 8 am on Wednesday.

Last year, on October 8 2020, also there was one similar report that “an IndiGo flight headed from Delhi to Bangalore landed with one extra passenger when a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby boy in the air. The flight Upon landing at Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, mom and baby were met with more applause by employees on the ground and a welcome sign as they were transported to a medical facility inside the airport”.

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