Captain Sanjay Mishra, who was the pilot, revealed that the flight crew considered the idea of making an emergency landing but chose not to do so following news from the doctor of the successful delivery.
Days after a female passenger gave birth to a baby aboard an Indigo flight from New Delhi to Bangalore, the pilot of the flight narrated the crew’s version of the tense two-hour drama. The pilot’s message was shared by a Facebook user.
On Wednesday, the mother and baby clapped down from the Indigo 6E 122 aircraft. The baby was delivered by a senior gynecologist who was on board the flight.
Captain Sanjay Mishra, ex-IAF, who was the pilot of the flight, revealed that the flight crew considered the idea of making an emergency landing in Hyderabad.
“He started with the lead by informing me that the lady in seat 1C is a future mother who feels a little restless … and that she has not eaten anything since the morning. He comforted her and they gave her liquids and something to eat. Later, his anxiety and restlessness increased. He also began to complain of stomach pain. As the situation developed, I asked the front page for a doctor, “he said.
The pilot said that by sheer luck, there were two accomplished doctors on board the flight. “One of them, Dr. Nagaraj, is a plastic surgeon working at King Fahd Hospital in Riyadh and the other, Dr. Sailaja, is a gynecologist and obstetric surgeon, who heads the department of fetal medicine at the Hospital. Cloud Nine. We were near Jaipur, traveling to FL 390, “he said.
Captain Sanjay Mishra said it was when the flight was north of Bhopal that the flight crew learned that the pregnant woman was bleeding. “A little later, north of Bhopal, she learned that she had started to bleed, followed by the terrible news that she had suffered a miscarriage. The forward galley and Lav (lavatory) were quickly and efficiently converted into a room delivery / makeshift room all precautions by an excellent cabin crew team that lived up to the requirements of the occasion. They were brilliantly backed up by several captains and crew traveling around ACM and Dead Head. I was waiting for an update end of doctors to decide my next course of action, “he said.
He did not have to wait a long time. As I pondered this discouraging news, I heard and noticed a sudden increase in activity levels in the cabin … screams … screams … applause and a low cry of what sounded like a newborn … a baby !! “he said.
“From a feeling of deep sadness … turned into a feeling of intense joy … I had never witnessed fortunes spin so fast and so miraculously! Don’t think there was a single soul on board that didn’t have goosebumps! on him or her right now, “he added.
Despite the moment of celebration, Captain Sanjay Mishra said that he was still on guard in case he had to land unexpectedly. “Although the doctors confirmed to me that the mother and child are fine … things could get worse again at any moment !! Nagpur was 500 meters away in TS … Indore had a shutdown … HYD was the best option to divert in case of any new contingency, “he said.
He said he hoped to make sure the mother and baby landed in Bengaluru. “In the bottom of my heart, I hoped and prayed that the young man would hang on for an hour more and a little … he did well … much better than expected at his ripe age of 5 minutes!” He said.
The pilot landed the flight as planned in Bengaluru amid a series of congratulatory messages. “The Post-Landing Birth On Board form was completed … I don’t think it was ever completed on a domestic flight in India … and is more appropriately titled * FFS 007,” he said.
The pilot said the flight crew was unclear about how far along the woman was in her pregnancy. Sources said that her pregnancy did not exceed 32 weeks. The baby was delivered by Dr. Sailaja Vallabhaneni, a practicing physician at Cloud Nine Hospital.
“On the ground in the midst of all the frenzy, I could feel a genuine sense of happiness and joy among everyone present, the KIAL staff, the Aster Clinic staff … in all the gloom around us, people were searching a reason to celebrate and they got one … !! There were banners, chocolates, gifts … and the brave mother had a great reception! ”, added the pilot.
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