Saudia - giving birth on SV21
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Saudia - giving birth on SV21
Saudia #SV21 to New York declared an emergency due to woman giving birth on board | AIRLIVE.net
UPDATE 09:45 UTC Saudia #SV21 has medical emergency on board: woman giving birth.
UPDATE 09:43 UTC Saudia #SV21 is dumping fuel.
UPDATE 09:40 UTC Saudia #SV21 Boeing 777-300 to JFK is holding 33,000ft to London Heathrow.
UPDATE 09:35 UTC Saudia flight #SV21 to New York (JFK) is diverting.
(landed in LHR by now).
Hang on.. isn't boarding rejected some weeks/months before projected labour?
UPDATE 09:45 UTC Saudia #SV21 has medical emergency on board: woman giving birth.
UPDATE 09:43 UTC Saudia #SV21 is dumping fuel.
UPDATE 09:40 UTC Saudia #SV21 Boeing 777-300 to JFK is holding 33,000ft to London Heathrow.
UPDATE 09:35 UTC Saudia flight #SV21 to New York (JFK) is diverting.
(landed in LHR by now).
Hang on.. isn't boarding rejected some weeks/months before projected labour?
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seems to be a bit of a contradiction to me, an emergency situation and by-passing all these closer alternatives, all of which regularly handle 777's.as far as familiarity is concerned I think anyone who is familiar with LHR procedures could use any of the others with their eyes closed - nearly !
so... it must be Saudi handling.... !
thanks for your reply.
so... it must be Saudi handling.... !
thanks for your reply.
Some carriers only train crews to operate to a set of airports. Yes sounds ridiculous but that is the reality. However I do not know if Saudia is 1 of those carriers.
Hang on.. isn't boarding rejected some weeks/months before projected labour?
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I'm guessing that smoke in the cockpit and a baby in the cabin may not be quite the same level of emergency.
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They held at 30000 feet for quite a while so no problem to get down earlier. Manchester is a Saudia online station so they should be familiar.
Maybe the biggest and most expensive private hospitals are in London!
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seems to be a bit of a contradiction to me, an emergency situation and by-passing all these closer alternatives, all of which regularly handle 777's.as far as familiarity is concerned I think anyone who is familiar with LHR procedures could use any of the others with their eyes closed - nearly !
so... it must be Saudi handling.... !
thanks for your reply.
so... it must be Saudi handling.... !
thanks for your reply.
If it had been a situation where the aircraft or the life of someone onboard was in serious danger then an immediate landing at the nearest suitable airport would most certainly have been the course of action, however I imagine this was a somewhat controlled situation with at least someone on board, even if not the crew, being able to deliver a baby safely and keep an eye on the health of the mother and child until landing.
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Safe deliveries, like safe landings, are only so in retrospect. Emergencies may crop up without warning at any stage, and despite the Hollywood memes, plentiful boiling water and towels are likely to be insufficient.
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ON TOPIC . . . vaguely . . Recently waiting to catch a flight having just been to a country airport to have a look at a DH89a Dragon Rapide got into conversation about that to a total stranger having a durrie outside the terminal. When I happened to mention what I'd been doing he replied to my surprise that he knew of the type. how so ? . .it was on the 8th of August 1948 I know that for a fact because that was when my mum had me in a flying doctor Rapide over Menindee Lakes.
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