Baby born on coastguard helicopter 1,400ft above Cornwall

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Baby born on coastguard helicopter 1,400ft above Cornwall

A baby boy has been born mid-flight on the way to hospital in a coastguard helicopter over Cornwall.




Emergency crews received a call on Saturday night to urgently assist a woman who had gone into labour while visiting the Isles of Scilly.
There was no midwife on the islands in south-west England, so the family needed to get to the mainland quickly.
Baby Torran, who was born 1,400ft (426m) over Penzance, was "doing well", a coastguard spokesman said.
The Newquay Coastguard helicopter was scrambled at about 19:00 BST and collected midwife Linda Benson.




It then touched down at St Mary's Airport, picked up Alicia and Sandy MacDonald - who were visiting from Inverness - and began the trip to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
There is a midwife based on the Isles of Scilly, but she was not on call when Mrs MacDonald started going into labour, so a standby team based on the mainland stepped in.




However, the baby decided to make an appearance on board the aircraft, and at just before 21:00 BST, with the help of midwife Linda and aircrew, 7lb 8oz (3.4kg) Torran was born.
Mrs MacDonald said: "Torran is doing fine and we'd like to thank the coastguard, the midwife and the midwifery team at the hospital.

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