According to the airline’s press service, the plane flew from the capital’s Zhukovsky airport to the city of Khujand in Tajikistan. After climbing, the woman felt pain in her stomach and told the crew.
The senior stewardess asked the passengers if there were doctors among them. On board there was an almost complete maternity hospital: a neonatologist, two midwives and a radiologist.
An emergency landing was not required. The delivery went well, the girl was born with a height of 46 centimeters and a weight of 2.6 kilograms. An ambulance was waiting for the family at the airport.
The mother and daughter have now been released from the hospital and are both doing well.