From pilot to midwife: Thai veteran flyer helps deliver passenger's baby mid-flight

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Having been a pilot for 18 years, Jakarin Sararnrakskul has probably seen it all. But on Feb 23, on a four-hour VietJet flight from Taipei to Bangkok, the Thai captain did something for the first time - help deliver a baby. When he was told by the cabin crew that a passenger was going into labour in the bathroom, Sararnrakskul...

Jakarin Sararnrakskul helped deliver a baby mid-way through his flight from Taiwan to Bangok on Feb 23.Having been a pilot for 18 years, Jakarin Sararnrakskul has probably seen it all.

When he was told by the cabin crew that a passenger was going into labour in the bathroom, Sararnrakskul sprung into action immediately, reported the South China Morning Post.

 

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