Stork warning: woman gives birth midair on Jamaica-to-New York flight

Baby was delivered during Caribbean Airlines flight from Kingston to the US; nationality of child to be determined

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A routine passenger flight from https://www.theguardian.com/world/jamaica">Jamaica landed at https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york">New York’s John F Kennedy international airport with one more person than it took off with after a woman gave birth in midair, potentially setting up a tricky situation over the newborn’s citizenship.

The “medical event” occurred on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Kingston on Saturday, according to a https://www.caribbean-airlines.com/#/caribbean-experience/media-releases/804">news release from the carrier.