Pilot helps deliver baby in plane toilet on Taipei-Bangkok flight

A commercial pilot has been hailed as a hero and become a darling of mainland social media for leaving the cockpit mid-flight to help deliver a passenger’s baby.

Jakarin Sararnrakskul, from Thailand, who has 18 years flying experience, was at the controls of a VietJet plane from Taipei in Taiwan to Bangkok in Thailand on February 23.

During the journey a passenger went into labour and he safely delivered her baby, making him feel proud, Sina News reported.

It is unclear whether the mother-to-be informed the cabin crew about her condition before boarding. As the plane cruised at thousands of feet she was found in one of the bathrooms about to give birth by members of the cabin crew, who told Jakarin immediately.

The father-of-one had never helped with a delivery before but he appeared calm, if somewhat nervous throughout the birth.

Pilot-turned-midwife Jakarin knew that flying the plane back to the airport of departure or landing at another airport would be too late for the woman. He left his female co-pilot at the controls and rushed to the mother-to-be.Details of the challenges he faced during the birth have not been disclosed, but Jakarin’s actions safely brought a newborn baby boy into the world. The child was nicknamed “Sky baby” by cabin crew. With the support of paramedics who were on standby at the Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, both the mother and her baby boy were sent, safe and healthy, to a hospital in the Thai capital.(SCMP) 

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