{"id":188568,"date":"2026-04-07T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188568\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:02:09","slug":"passenger-gives-birth-aboard-flight-from-jamaica-to-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188568\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger gives birth aboard flight from Jamaica to New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 7 (UPI) &#8212; Caribbean Airlines confirmed a passenger on a flight from Jamaica to New York gave birth just as the flight was landing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/John_F._Kennedy_Airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"John F. Kennedy Airport\" class=\"tpstyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John F. Kennedy Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The airport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caribbean-airlines.com\/#\/caribbean-experience\/media-releases\/804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">issued a news release<\/a> confirming the incident aboard Flight BW005 on April 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>Audio of the conversation between the pilot and a ground control operator was obtained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/women-gives-birth-on-caribbean-airlines-flight-jamaica-to-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">by CBS News<\/a>. The ground control worker asks if the baby has already been born, and the pilot confirms it has.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All right, tell her she&#8217;s got to name it Kennedy,&#8221; the ground control operator says.<\/p>\n<p>The airline said medical personnel attended to the woman and newborn as soon as the plane landed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The airline commends the professionalism and measured response of its crew, who managed the situation in accordance with established procedures, ensuring the safety and comfort of all onboard,&#8221; the news release said. &#8220;Caribbean Airlines also confirms that no emergency was declared during the flight.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 7 (UPI) &#8212; Caribbean Airlines confirmed a passenger on a flight from Jamaica to New York gave&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35541,30938,9,11,10,35540,1295],"class_list":["post-188568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-funny","tag-john-f-kennedy-airport","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-odd","tag-weird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}