MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina passenger onboard a Philippine Airlines flight bound for San Francisco, California gave birth to a bouncing baby boy last Tuesday (Manila time), just hours before landing at the Bay Area airport.
PR104 departed Manila for San Francisco last Monday at 10:24 pm.
Some eight hours into flight, Aida Alamillo, a passenger who was assigned to seat 83J, suddenly experienced contractions. This forced her to call on the PAL flight attendants for assistance.
The flight attendants, headed by Francis Lloyd Lobo, checked on Alamillo's condition and learned that she was already 35 weeks into her pregnancy. Lobo informed the pilot-in-command of the aircraft who immediately asked over the Public Address system for assistance from any medical staff.
Three nurses responded to the call and checked on Alamillo's condition and determined that she was already going into labor.
The PAL cabin crew made space for Alamillo to give birth in by asking some passengers seated at the aft section of the plane to move forward.
The cabin crew together with the three nurses then helped Alamillo through her labor by coaching her how to huff and puff properly until the baby was finally delivered. The actual time of birth was recorded at 3:25 pm Pacific Standard Time or 7:25 a.m., Manila time.
Passengers onboard broke into cheers after they heard the baby cry for the first time.
The baby boy was described by Flight Purser Antonia Castañeda in her Flight Incident Report (FIR) as having "good skin color." She wrote that "the baby started to breast feed", and gave a "loud cry" upon getting out of his mother's womb.
By ANJO PEREZ
September 21, 2011, 1:44pm
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