<div><p>In the wake of the United Airline fiasco, it's nice to see a positive story about an airline going the extra mile for one of its passengers. </p><p>Flight attendants are not only there to help hand out snacks and check your lapbelt, they are trained to handle a variety of emergency situations to help keep all passengers on board safe. And for this mother, it's a good thing they are!</p><p>Nafi Diaby was 28 weeks pregnant when she boarded the Turkish Airlines flight from Conakry, Guinea to Ouagadougou. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/turkish-airlines-premature-baby_GH_content_1350px.jpg 1350w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p> "The cabin crew noticed that a woman passenger named Nafi Diaby, [who was] 28 weeks into her pregnancy, was suffering childbirth pains," Turkish Airlines said in a statement. "They promptly responded to assist her childbirth during the flight."</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju6_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>"The lady was in great pain," flight attendant Bouthayna Inanir <a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/baby-girl-born-mid-air-on-turkish-airlines-flight-to-istanbul.aspx?PageID=238&NID=111787&NewsCatID=359">said</a>. "And then the baby was on the seat. This was the hardest part. I had to grab the baby. I took her and gave her to the mother." </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/3-15.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/3-15_GH_content_550px.png 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/3-15_GH_content_650px.png 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>In spite of being born 3 months premature and about 42,000 feet in the air, the baby named Kadiju, and her mother were healthy and doing well by the time the plane landed. </p><p>After the events, Turkish Airlines posted the birth announcement on Twitter. </p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="850348200078737411"></amp-twitter></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>There has been some criticism as to the baby's actual gestation, because the newborn looks closer to full-term than premature. What do you think? </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nafi-diaby-gives-birth-flight-42000ft-turkish-airlines-crew-baby-kadiju8_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>Childbirth can be scary, but can you imagine how this mother felt?</p><p></p><p></p></div>