Baby Makes Surprise Arrival At 37,000 Feet

Dad Delivers His Own Son When Mom Goes Into Labor Somewhere Above Canada

(CBS/AP)  A premature baby is expected to remain hospitalized for several weeks after being born on a Korean Air Lines flight.

Little Jadan Brown still weighs less than three pounds, but his father, Larry, a trained emergency medical worker, told CBS' The Early Show that his son is doing very well.

"His health is great," Brown said, "They've been upgrading his status almost on a daily basis."

Jadan was delivered last Wednesday by his father and a Korean surgeon who happened to be onboard the flight from the Philippines to New York, the hospital said Monday.

"I really didn't have time to think about what was happening," Larry Brown, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, told the hospital.

Brown's wife Jacel was about seven months into her pregnancy when she started to go into labor in the middle of the 14-hour flight.

Jacel told Chen that she had been cleared to travel with the advice from her doctor that she should get up occasionally during the flight to walk around.

Once the couple realized that Jacel was going into labor, she asked her husband to carry her to the kitchen area, but because of a shoulder injury, he was unable to do that.

"At the time we didn't know that the baby was actually coming out - she had to walk from business class into the kitchen area and kneel down to allow us to remove her clothes. At that time, when I was able to remove her clothes, the baby was actually on his way out," Larry Brown told The Early Show.

The baby was born on the floor of the plane's galley at about 37,000 feet above northern Canada, the hospital said.

Jadan Brown was stabilized at a New York hospital after the plane landed, and was transported to Lourdes Medical Center late Thursday.

Dr. Sherrilynn Parrish, an obstetrician at Lourdes, said Monday that the baby and mother are doing well.

"This is really remarkable - especially since the baby was so premature," Parrish said.

[trenticus-2009]

All airlines should permanently bar any pregnant woman from flying regardless of how far along they are in their pregnancy. It isn''''t safe for the mother, or the fetus and it''''s a bother for the passengers and crew. This woman should not have been flying under any circumstances that far into her pregnancy.

Posted by Credibility2

So lets take it a step farther and ban people like you that have mental deficiencies.

[trishab4]

I would say the child is a Global Citizen, a citizen of Mother Earth. I think all people should abandon their passports and we should all get new ones that state "Earth" as their nationality. Let us do away with all these cruel borders that divide us.
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Posted by FeelFreee4U at 12:03 PM : Jun 04, 2008

- I share this vision with you, FF1! although where this event took place may be indicative of the true presence of a legendary creation: Santa!?

[kellinicole2]

"I hope they charged the father for an extra fare and discounted the rest of the passengers for the smelly horror they had to endure."

Right, um, have you ever seen a birth? Smelly horror? How about no. Don''t let your ignorance rule your life. Extra fare? Come on.

[kellinicole2]

"I hope they charged the father for an extra fare and discounted the rest of the passengers for the smelly horror they had to endure."

Right, um, have you ever seen a birth? Smelly horror? How about no. Don''t let your ignorance rule your life. Extra fare? Come on.

[sallyr3]

All airlines should permanently bar any pregnant woman from flying regardless of how far along they are in their pregnancy. It isn''''t safe for the mother, or the fetus and it''''s a bother for the passengers and crew. This woman should not have been flying under any circumstances that far into her pregnancy.


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Posted by Credibility2 at 01:02 PM : Jun 04, 2008
What a pathetic statement! Ban yourself from the public.

[credibility2]

All airlines should permanently bar any pregnant woman from flying regardless of how far along they are in their pregnancy. It isn''t safe for the mother, or the fetus and it''s a bother for the passengers and crew. This woman should not have been flying under any circumstances that far into her pregnancy.

[zorar-2009]

Did they have buy an additional ticket?
Or did the airlines add a surcharge for extra baggage?

[nathan8804-2009]

This is the sorriest looking family I have ever seen.

FeelFreee4U: Would Disney World be the capital of your brave new world? You strike me as one to say yes.

[haoli25]

I hope they charged the father for an extra fare and discounted the rest of the passengers for the smelly horror they had to endure.

[sfden]

What a cool story!

[feelfreee4u]

I would say the child is a Global Citizen, a citizen of Mother Earth. I think all people should abandon their passports and we should all get new ones that state "Earth" as their nationality. Let us do away with all these cruel borders that divide us.

[yongamerica]

So, Is the kid a Canadian or US citizen?

[kennergirl]

Hopefully the little baby does okay but I thought that women weren''t allowed to fly at such a late stage of pregnancy.

[rustybones2]

If Larry and Lacel Brown are American citizens, thier baby was born on South Korean airplane, flying over Canadian territory, whats the nationally of the child?

Mexicans that have their baby born/delivered on in or
over the U.S.A., have American citizenship .... so our
government claim.