Baby born during trans-Atlantic flight

[Ryan N]

Baby born during trans-Atlantic flight
January 1, 2009 - 7:57AM

Northwest Airlines Flight 59 picked up an extra passenger on Wednesday when it was en route from the Netherlands to the United States.

Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for Logan International Airport in Boston, said a woman went into labour and gave birth to an apparently healthy girl over the Atlantic during the eight-hour flight from Amsterdam.

Mr Orlandella said a doctor and a paramedic who were on the flight assisted in the birth.

He said the plane landed without incident and the mother and baby were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.

He said he did not know the nationality of the mother, but said that for customs purposes the baby was considered a Canadian citizen because she was born over Canada's airspace.

AP

[Gareth Forwood]

Originally Posted by Ryan N

He said he did not know the nationality of the mother, but said that for customs purposes the baby was considered a Canadian citizen because she was born over Canada's airspace.

I always thought citizenship would be based on either the nationality of the airline, or the destination/origins...

Lucky the doctor and paramedic were on board

[Ash W]

Originally Posted by Gareth Forwood

I always thought citizenship would be based on either the nationality of the airline, or the destination/origins...

Lucky the doctor and paramedic were on board

It is based on the citizenship of the parents. Ie if two aussies have a child on the US, the child is Australian not American.

In this case read carefuly the words in the last sentence.

[Ryan N]

So once they find out the mother's nationality, the baby would not be a Canadian citizen anymore.

[Andrew P]

Originally Posted by Ryan N

So once they find out the mother's nationality, the baby would not be a Canadian citizen anymore.

Ugandian, so the child is not a Canadinan citizen

if the same thing happened over Australian airspace the child would NOT get Australian citizenship, unless one parent was an Australian citizen or permanent resident

Banjo

[NickN]

Wonder what they named the kid after his relatively unusual point of entry into the world.... and how he passed customs after landing with no passport