Afghanistan: Baby girl born on evacuation flight destined for Birmingham

An Afghan refugee fleeing to the UK gave birth to a baby girl at 30,000 feet while on an evacuation flight destined for Birmingham.

Soman Noori was travelling on an evacuation flight from Dubai to Birmingham, having previously left Kabul, when she went into labour in the airspace over Kuwait, Turkish Airlines said.

There was no doctor on board the flight, forcing the Turkish Airlines cabin crew to deliver the baby girl, who has been named Havva by her mother and father, 30-year-old husband Taj Moh Hammat.