An American woman flying to New York City wound up arriving with more than she expected. Congratulations to her, and kudos to the Korean crew and doctor for a job well done.

An 8-months pregnant American woman gave birth while flying to New York City on a Korean Air flight from Incheon..

According to a statement by Incheon International Airport on the 29th, at 4:30 am Korean time, 10 hours and 30 minutes after KAL flight KE085 took off, 39-year old Jacel Brown began having stomach cramps.

Flight crew checked to see if there was a doctor on board and, luckily, Dr. Lee, the director of Konkuk University’s surgery department was also a passenger.

Together with the crew, Dr. Lee attended to Mrs. Brown and 30 minutes, at 5 am, she gave birth to a son.

There were 292 passengers on the flight, which was flying over northern Edmonton at the time of the birth.

Mother and child were both in good condition and Dr. Lee, after consulting with the pilot and ground crew, determined that the flight could continue, although it had been near to an airport where a landing was possible.

The plan arrived at 9:15 this morning at New York’s John F. Kennedy international Airport and mother and child were moved to the hospital by a waiting ambulance equipped with an incubator.