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Baby born on plane over Malaysia, an old story, and the Northwest plane that wouldn't stop

This is kind of an amusing story. A mother gave birth on an AirAsia (a budget carrier I had never heard of before) flight and everyone's doing fine (lucky they had a doctor on board). And now mom and baby get free flights for life.

Somehow the story of giving birth on a flight reminded me of the breast feeding story. A couple of years ago I took a healthy does of criticism for saying that I had no sympathy for the people who got kicked off a plane when a mother was breastfeeding her child and the husband wouldn't hold up a blanket to keep things private.

While we're on the topic of controversial airline things, what do you guys think about that Northwest flight that flew right past the airport they were supposed to land at (and then about another 150 miles be4fore turning around)?

I'm pretty amazed actually - this seems like a real dangerous situation. What if they had overflown an airport near a big city and then not responded on the radio? They could have been shot down as everyone would have suspected a terrorist takeover.

Maybe they overflew the airport cause they were busy talking. It's bad but kind of understandable. But no radio contact?

Posted by James Trotta at October 26, 2009 12:45 AM