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Woman Gives Birth on Florida-Bound Southwest Airlines Airplane
NBC Miami ^
| 12/5
Posted on 12/05/2016 12:04:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Charleston, South Carolina, after a baby was born in the middle of the flight.
Airline spokeswoman Melissa Ford tells local news outlets that Flight 556 was on its way from Philadelphia to Orlando, Florida, on Sunday when a woman went into labor.
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To: nickcarraway
I’m wondering why she was flying if she was close to term.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:05:53 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: nickcarraway
Holy Cowabunga, they will let anyone on a plane today.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:08:23 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: nickcarraway
Naturally, I assumed that this was an inbound flight to Florida from “somewhere south of there”, hoping to make touchdown in Florida before giving birth.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:09:09 PM PST
by
BlueLancer
("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
To: nickcarraway
Only an hour delay. What is the baby’s place of birth?
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:10:39 PM PST
by
Rusty0604
To: nickcarraway
We flew back from Germany when my wife was 8 moths pregnant.
He doc told her to have a glass of wine on the plane to relax her uterus.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:11:43 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
To: nickcarraway
Ha. I wonder what kind of fee the airline tacks on for that.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:12:22 PM PST
by
Wolfie
To: nickcarraway
I’m trying to figure out how this happened. They couldn’t have been more than two hours into the flight when she had the baby, right? She must have been in active labor when she boarded. Why would anyone do that? And how did the gate agents or flight attendants not notice earlier?
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:13:41 PM PST
by
jalisco555
("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
To: jalisco555
I don’t know what happened here, but occasionally women give birth early, and quickly. Maybe she thought she had plenty of time.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:16:20 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
To: jalisco555
As several posters have implied, one reason would be to gain citizenship.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:16:42 PM PST
by
MSF BU
(Support the troops: Join Them.)
To: BlueLancer
It was a SWA flight from Philadelphia to Orlando, Florida.
To: Gamecock
Sure, as if getting the baby drunk is a good idea.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:20:28 PM PST
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: nickcarraway
“Lowest fares with nothing to hide”
Hey, I’m sure her OB would have charged her a lot more and she’ll probably get a flight coupon to complete her travel at some future time.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:21:27 PM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:21:56 PM PST
by
lacrew
To: trisham
Usually you need a doctor’s note to fly if you are pass six months.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:22:26 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
To: Wolfie
Did they make her stuff her belly in the carry on measuring box?
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:22:36 PM PST
by
lacrew
To: jalisco555
The extra carry on fees were less than the hospital bill.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:22:51 PM PST
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: nickcarraway
Was she charged for another seat?
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:23:15 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: jalisco555
I’m trying to figure out how this happened. Well, you see... when a boy likes a girl...
-PJ
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:23:43 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Thanks. It makes sense to me.
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posted on
12/05/2016 12:24:17 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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