Fødte ombord på Finnair BKK-HEL

[jcnorway]

http://www.nettavisen.no/verden/article2413809.ece

Selv om dette nok var dramatisk mens det holdt på så endte det bra og det er jo det viktigste

[Stian]

"Jeg vet ikke helt hvor hun fødte, men det var bak i flyet. Jeg er ikke sikker på om det er et kjøkkenområde, toalett eller oppbevaringssted der."

Jeg håper da virkelig at hun ikke ble henvist til å føde på et trangt fly-toalett.

[CK]

Press release

20.11.2008



Baby girl born on Finnair flight

A baby girl was born on a Finnair flight from Bangkok to Helsinki above Kazakhstan in the altitude of 11 000 km on November 20. The baby’s Swedish mother was returning from Thailand.

“Finnair wants to congratulate warmly the whole family on this happy event,” says Christer Haglund, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications. “This is a unique occasion for Finnair, since no birth has ever taken place on one of our flights before. The family will get return Finnair flights to Bangkok as a gift.”

The birth took place with the assistance of a doctor from the MedLink medical service by satellite phone link between two doctors travelling as a passenger and two nurses.
The mother and child were taken immediately upon arrival from Helsinki-Vantaa airport to hospital. A MedLink doctor is on duty for all Finnair wide-body aircraft, making available round-the-clock expert assistance.

The flight left Bangkok at 12.35 local time and arrived at Helsinki at 18.20 Finnish time. The flight took 10 hours and 50 minutes and there were 227 passengers on board.

Pregnant passengers beyond their 28th week of pregnancy must provide a doctor’s certificate confirming that the pregnancy has proceeded normally. Pregnant passengers may travel up to the end of their 36th week, and on Finnair’s short domestic and Scandinavian flights they may travel up to the end of the 38th week provided that the pregnancy has proceeded normally. The restrictions are based on recommendations made by the International Air Transport Association, IATA.



Finnair Plc

Communications

20.11.2008

[LN-KRF]

"A baby girl was born on a Finnair flight from Bangkok to Helsinki above Kazakhstan in the altitude of 11 000 km"

11 000km over havet synes jeg da var mye....

[rampen]

Fint det gikk bra! Men det er vel en grunn til de fleste flyselskaper setter en grense i antall uke i svangerskapet når man ska ut å fly, og nødvendig legeattest etter denne uken. Og det er vel strengt talt ikke nødvendig å reise jorda halveis rundt noen uker før termin spør du meg..

[MD11]

"A MedLink doctor is on duty for all Finnair wide-body aircraft, making available round-the-clock expert assistance"

Dette imponerte meg i grunn og var helt nytt for meg. Er dette vanlig praksis for selskaper som flyr Longhaul? Har SAS et slikt system også. Dette skjedde forøvrig ombord på en MD11.