Woman gives birth to baby on Singapore Airlines

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHQ (MSN 439) 

A woman has given birth to a premature baby on board a Singapore Airlines flight, according to fellow passengers who shared the tale on social media. The woman was reportedly just seven months pregnant when she took an SIA flight from Dubai (DXB/OMDB) to Singapore (SIN/WSSS) on Monday the 3rd of April and ended up giving birth to her child prematurely, during the flight.

The situation forced the flight to change its course and divert to Penang (PEN/WMKP) to land, delaying the arrival of the flight in Singapore by more than an hour and a half. 

A passenger posted on Facebook:
“A SQ passenger just give birth on SQ 495. 

Baby was born pre-mature (7 months). Plane was diverted to Penang due to this and arrived in SIN 90 mins later than scheduled arrival time.”

SIA’s SQ 495 was due to depart at 7:50 p.m. on Monday but got away at 8.25 p.m. and was originally scheduled to arrive in Singapore at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

However, after the flight was diverted, it arrived in Penang at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, then departed from Penang at 8.04 a.m. and arrived in Singapore at 9:06 am. The flight was indeed delayed by more than one and a half hours, due to the diversion.

Aircraft Information:

Airline: Singapore Airlines

Code: SQ/SIA

Aircraft: Airbus A350-941

Registration: 9V-SHQ

Serial Number: 439

Engines: 2 x RR Trent XWB

First Flew: 18/08/2020

Age: 2 Yrs. 6 Mts