American Airlines Flight Diverts To Iceland When Woman Goes Into Labor

A woman went into labor today on American Airlines flight 87 from London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare. The plane diverted to Reykjavik for the mother and child to receive medical attention. After just under two hours on the ground in Iceland, the Boeing 787-9 aircraft took off from the Keflavik airport bound for Chicago.

My flight to the Chicago today is currently making a surprise landing in Iceland due to a passenger going into labor

I hope your baby is safe and you are well

Sending lots of love your way!

— JAMIE JO (@BananaJamana) October 23, 2022

The passenger was taken to a hospital. The team members and medical professionals were thanked.

This was the same Boeing 787-9 that had electrical problems while flying from London to Chicago.

A pregnant woman shouldn't travel during her last few weeks of pregnancy. Babies arrive early. The women don't know how long they've been pregnant. There are babies in the air. American requires a doctor's certificate attesting to the mother's fitness to fly for all travel within four weeks of the due date.

The citizenship laws in the US and Europe are different.

• If a baby is born in the sky above the United States, it is entitled to U.S. citizenship even if the baby has foreign parents and the aircraft is registered in a foreign country. So German parents, on a Lufthansa plane, where the mother gives birth above Massachusetts would see their child entitled to U.S. citizenship, in addition to German citizenship.
• If a baby is born while the aircraft is over water, and the citizenship of its parents can’t be determined or – as occasionally happens – the parents are stateless, then it is generally entitled to the nationality of the aircraft. So a baby born on an American Airlines flight over international water to a stateless mother would be a U.S. citizen, because American Airlines aircraft are registered in the United States.

This isn't the first baby to be born on an American Airlines plane in the last year.

A woman gave birth on a plane to New York. Just as they were about to head out over the Atlantic Ocean, they declared an emergency and headed for London. A family was given a free trip.

The woman gave birth to a baby. The baby was named after the airline and she received $1,000 in baby supplies. A baby was given 1 million frequent flyer miles. A baby was given 18 years of free flights after being born on a flight. American Airlines doesn't offer incentives for giving birth.

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