Baby Girl Born To Afghan Mother Aboard US Air Force C-17 Named ‘Reach’
Germany, August 26: In a developing news, an Afghan mother who fled Afghan on the US Airforce C-17 Globemaster to German, gave birth to a baby girl on board the C-17 minutes before landing.
The US Mobility command on it’s Twitter handle had shared the news stating, “During a flight from an Intermediate Staging Base in the Middle East, the mother went into labor and began having complications. The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilize and save the mother’s life.”
The Command also Tweeted saying,”Medical support personnel from the 86th Medical Group help an Afghan mother and family off a U.S. Air Force C-17, call sign Reach 828, moments after she delivered a child aboard the aircraft upon landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 21.”
During a flight from an Intermediate Staging Base in the Middle East, the mother went into labor and began having complications. The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilize and save the mother’s life.
— Air Mobility Command (@AirMobilityCmd) August 21, 2021
ICYMI: The baby that was born in the cargo bay of a #C17 evacuating passengers from Afghanistan was named Reach, after the call sign of the aircraft (Reach 828). https://t.co/ULkt2w8dUF
— Air Mobility Command (@AirMobilityCmd) August 25, 2021
It is noted that, the cargo carrier c-17 that was carrying the evacuees from Kabul included a pregnant mother, who went into labor mid-flight. The commander of the aircraft lowered the plane to lower altitudes to increase pressure and thus stabilize the mother. After the plane landed, airmen from the 86th Medical Group went aboard the plane and delivered the child in the cargo bay.
The Baby girl and the mother were transported to a nearby medical facility and stated to be stable. The baby girl was named ‘Reach’ after the call sign of the aircraft ‘Reach 828’.
