Overview
- A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Portland saw passenger Ashley Blair deliver a healthy baby in the cabin shortly before touchdown.
- Flight attendants and two paramedics who were passengers assisted the birth, improvising with blankets and a shoelace to tie the umbilical cord.
- Portland Airport Fire & Rescue met the aircraft under emergency protocol and took mother and newborn to a local hospital in good condition.
- Delta said a doctor and two nurses also helped, while a paramedic who assisted reported there was no physician on board.
- The girl, Brielle Renee Blair, arrived a few weeks early on a flight with about 153 passengers, highlighting how rare in‑flight births often depend on volunteer clinicians and crew training.