124 passengers on flight when it left; 125 when it landed

[1996]

First baby born in flight.

"BOSTON – There were 124 passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 when it left the Netherlands. There were 125 when it landed in Boston.

Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for Logan International Airport, says a woman went into labor and gave birth to an apparently healthy baby girl over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday during the eight-hour flight from Amsterdam.

Orlandella said a doctor and a paramedic who were on the flight assisted in the birth. He said the plane landed without incident about 10:30 a.m., and the mother and baby were immediately taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.

Orlandella said he did not know the nationality of the mother, but said for customs' purposes the baby was considered a Canadian citizen because she was born over Canada's airspace."

I think that's pretty neat, how the kid will be a citizen of Canada because she was born over Canadian air space.

[crazyjarhead]

Well, there still was 125 from the beggining. Just wasn't out of the womb yet

[crazyjarhead]

Way the airlines are today they probably charged them for an extra seat