Rescuers make TV appearance after baby born in flight
Panama’s Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (National Air-Sea Service) has hailed the success of one of its crews, who delivered a baby mid-flight at 3,000 ft at 12:45 hrs on 15 July.The four strong crew appeared on Jelou, a programme on TV channel TVN-2, to recount the mission. Making an appearance were pilot Major Julio Peralta, Captain Neftali Abrego, paramedic Second Lieutenant Joseph Jiménez and Dr Abdiel Garcia. “There were difficult moments,” reflected Garcia. “She asked what was happening and I told her that to stay calm.” In a statement, the National Air-Sea Service described the team as ‘heroes of the air’, praising their swift actions. The baby, the mother’s third child, was born on plane AN-040 despite multiple complications, said the Service. The 21-year-old woman was being flown from Puerto Obaldía to Panama City following a premature rupture of the membranes. The aircraft was dispatched as she was in significant pain and a discharge of meconium was detected. When the crew arrived to pick her up, they found that mother and baby had good vital signs, with contractions every 10 minutes. Both crew and patient were surprised by the baby’s arrival during the flight, said the Service. The programme’s presenters said: “It was an incredible job, they are wonderful, they are true angels of the Aeronaval.” The mother has named her new daughter Milagros, which is Spanish for Miracles.
Panama’s Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (National Air-Sea Service) has hailed the success of one of its crews, who delivered a baby mid-flight at 3,000 ft at 12:45 hrs on 15 July.
The four strong crew appeared on Jelou, a programme on TV channel TVN-2, to recount the mission. Making an appearance were pilot Major Julio Peralta, Captain Neftali Abrego, paramedic Second Lieutenant Joseph Jiménez and Dr Abdiel Garcia.
“There were difficult moments,” reflected Garcia. “She asked what was happening and I told her that to stay calm.”
In a statement, the National Air-Sea Service described the team as ‘heroes of the air’, praising their swift actions.
The baby, the mother’s third child, was born on plane AN-040 despite multiple complications, said the Service. The 21-year-old woman was being flown from Puerto Obaldía to Panama City following a premature rupture of the membranes. The aircraft was dispatched as she was in significant pain and a discharge of meconium was detected. When the crew arrived to pick her up, they found that mother and baby had good vital signs, with contractions every 10 minutes. Both crew and patient were surprised by the baby’s arrival during the flight, said the Service.
The programme’s presenters said: “It was an incredible job, they are wonderful, they are true angels of the Aeronaval.”
The mother has named her new daughter Milagros, which is Spanish for Miracles.