Air Asia flight lands with extra passenger

In normal circumstances, a plane that lands with one more passenger than what it had when it took-off will need enquiries by the police, special forces or possibly a member of The X-Files. However, there was no mystery to this extra little passenger as one of the passengers that boarded the flight from Penang to Kuching in Malaysia was pregnant. A short while after take-off, Liew Siaw Hsia was seen to be in discomfort; she had gone into labour. A doctor who was also on board the plane rushed to assist the woman with the help from cabin crew. The pilot upon hearing of the pending delivery took the action of diverting the plane to Kuala Lumpur.

By the time the plane was making an attempt at landing, it was too late and the baby boy was born at around 2,000 feet according to cabin crew. As soon as the plane had safely landed an ambulance was waiting to take mother and baby to the hospital. A few days later the mother an child were visited in hospital by the director of operations for Air Asia and some of the flight attendants that were on Mrs Hsia’s flight. The low-cost carrier have offered mother and child free flights on their planes for life as a gift.

Dr Ronald Tang, the man behind the birth, had heavy praise heaped on him by the airline with them saying that delivering a baby under those circumstances shows expert work. Dr Tang simply replied that he could not have done it without the cool assistance of the crew of Air Asia.