Kabul: Afghan woman gives birth aboard US military evacuation flight, Reports.

The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilize and save the mother’s life

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According to tweets from the US Air Mobility Command, the mother delivered the baby just as the C-17 transport aircraft touched down at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.The mother reportedly went into labour during the second leg of the flight fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. However, she began experiencing complications once the craft reached its flight altitude of over 28,000 feet (8,534 metres) due to the drop in air pressure.”The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilize and save the mother’s life,” said the tweet, which was sent from the US Air Mobility Command’s official account.Once the plane was on the ground at the Ramstein base, personnel from the Air Force’s 86th Medical Group assisted in the delivery of the baby in the C-17’s cargo bay, the tweet said.Both the mother and child were then quickly transported to a nearby medical facility, where they are reported to be in “good condition.”