An Afghan woman has given birth to a baby girl on board a US Air Force C-17 flight during the ongoing evacuation of Kabul, the US Air Mobility Command said in a statement on Sunday.
“During a flight from an intermediate staging base in the middle east, the mother went into labor and began having complications. The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilize and save the mother’s life, the statement said.
“Medical support personnel from the 86th Medical Group help an Afghan mother and family off a US Air Force C-17, call sign Reach 828, moments after she delivered a child aboard the aircraft upon landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 21,” the military unit added.
Upon landing, Airmen from the 86th MDG came aboard and delivered the child in the cargo bay of the aircraft. The baby girl and mother were transported to a nearby medical facility and are in good condition, according to the statement.
The US and other western countries are on the evacuation mission to citizens and Afghan friends who have worked with them for two decades after the Taliban took over the country last week.
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