A woman surprised fellow passengers and herself during a KLM flight from Guyaquil, Ecuador to Amsterdam when she gave birth to a baby mid-flight.
Unaware she was pregnant, the woman started experiencing stomach pains a few hours before the aircraft landed in the Netherlands. MAfter two contractions, she gave birth, assisted by two doctors and a nurse from Austria who had been on board the flight.
Both the new mother and baby are “doing well” according to a KLM spokesperson, who said they were grateful to fellow passengers who helped during the delivery.
The mother, identified only by her first name, Tamara, was supposed to take a second flight to Spain. Instead, she was immediately taken to Spaarne Gasthuis Haarlem Zuid hospital after landing at Schiphol Airport, with her new baby.
“Tamara had no idea she was pregnant and was quite taken aback by the event,” said the hospital. After experiencing generous help from doctors and nurses on the flight, Tamara decided to name her baby Maximiliano, after one of them.
