Woman fleeing Afghanistan was a mother in the hold of the plane that took her from Kabul to Germany

An Afghan woman who fled from Kabul gave birth on the plane United States C-17 military transport vehicle that evacuated it to Germany.

After landing the baby was born, a girl, in the same hold, with the help of the US military.

The woman gave birth on board during the second leg of the flight to escape the Taliban, who brought Afghanistan back under their rule.

The flight had taken off from a base in the Middle East bound for Germany, and the woman went into labor when the plane it was over 8,500 meters high.

“The commander decided descend to increase the air pressure in the plane, which helped stabilize and save the life of the mother, ”according to the American authority in the message.

Upon arrival at Ramstein Base, personnel from the 86th United States Air Force Medical Group assisted with the delivery, which took place in the cargo hold of the C-17.

Mother and daughter are healthy, as reported by the US Air Force Transportation Command.

Ramstein, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is the largest US air base abroad. They got there until Saturday night 2,300 evacuees from Afghanistan on 17 flights.

The Afghan collaborators of the American forces evacuated to Ramstein were temporarily accommodated in a hangar at the air base. They should be transferred from Germany to the United States.

With agency information

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