Jet Picks Up Passenger in Flight--a Baby Boy
A jetliner that left Los Angeles with 243 passengers on Friday wound up landing in Albuquerque with 244.
The Delta Air Lines flight, destined for Atlanta, made an unscheduled landing in the New Mexico city after passenger Joella Sison gave birth. Passengers applauded when the flight crew announced that a baby was born 40 minutes into the flight, Delta spokeswoman Jackie Pate said.
Sison and her husband, Richard, were flying home to Atlanta with their other two children. The new mother and 6-pound boy were reported to be “just fine” at an Albuquerque hospital.
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