Passenger has baby aboard flight to Armenia

January 12, 2013 @ 12:09 pm

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - A passenger has given birth aboard a plane flying to Armenia and named her daughter after one of the flight attendants who helped with the delivery.

The birth of the healthy baby occurred Saturday, two hours before the Armavia airline flight landed in Yerevan, Armenia's capital, after a long flight from Siberia.

Flight attendant Asmik Gevondyan said she noticed that 31-year-old passenger Armina Babayan appeared to be in labor and organized the delivery.

"All of our crew helped to deliver the baby," Gevondyan told The Associated Press.

Babayan, who had claimed to be 6-and-a-half-months pregnant during check-in, named her first child Asmik, local television reported.


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  • Hayduke wrote...
    I certainly hope she had ample legroom.
    January 12, 2013 10:48 am
    Airlines being the way they are these days with crappy customer service, I wonder if they charged her for an extra passenger?
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Don't Be Ridiculous..........
    January 12, 2013 9:55 pm
    Of course they charged her.....

    *Plus clean up fees.

    *Plus transfer and destination charges

    *Woops.....can't forget the inflight movie.

    *Oh, the vodka wasn't free either.

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