A passenger flight had to make an emergency landing when a woman went into labour.
The EgyptAir flight from the Chadian capital N’Djamena to Cairo, Egypt was diverted when a passenger realised her baby was coming.
The pilot diverted the service to Aswan, about 800km south of Cairo, in the hope the passenger could reach a hospital in time, EgyptAir said in a statement.
It was not quick enough for the mother however, who gave birth before the plane landed.
Luckily a medical student was onboard to help deliver the child safely. Pictures from the flight show members of the crew holding the newborn in a blue blanket.
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“All procedures for the safety of the passenger were followed and dealt with quickly, as the flight attendants cooperated with a medical student to assist the passenger in the mid-flight delivery,” EgyptAir said in a statement.
The baby is not the first to make a mid-flight arrival.
Last September Hiyam Nasr Naji Daaban gave birth on a flight from Cairo to London with the help of a doctor on board.
The newborn was given free flights for life by EgyptAir.
Bodily functions have proven to be the bane of pilots in other, slightly less life affirming ways.
In 2015 a British Airways flight was forced to turn around because of a passenger had some issues in the toilet.
The plane had been heading from Heathrow to Dubai.
Abhishek Sachdev, who was on board tweeted: "Insane. Our BA flight to Dubai returned back to Heathrow because of a smelly poo in the toilet."
