Soman Noori gives birth to baby girl Havva while flying to Birmingham, with no doctor on board.
Soman Noori was on a flight to Birmingham, having previously left Kabul, when she went into labour
An Afghan refugee fleeing to the UK gave birth to a baby girl at 30,000 feet while on an evacuation flight destined for Birmingham. Soman Noori, 26, was on a flight from Dubai to Birmingham, having previously left Kabul, when she went into labour, Turkish Airlines said. With no doctor on board, members of the cabin crew delivered the baby girl, named Havva, or Eve in English.Mother and newborn daughter on the Turkish Airlines flight from Dubai to BirminghamTurkish Airlines said the flight landed in Kuwait as a precaution before carrying on to Birmingham and landing at 11:45 BST on Saturday.Further flights which leave Kabul will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board.
A mass airlift has been under way since the Taliban took control of the capital, with a deadline of 31 August in place for foreign troops to leave the country.
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