Overview
- Airport medical staff were alerted at 5:17 am on February 10 to a 26-year-old Tanzanian passenger in active labour in the international-to-international corridor at CSMIA.
- Doctors reached within minutes, transferred the passenger onto a stretcher, and moved her via terminal lift to an airside ambulance with help from airline staff and CISF personnel.
- The ambulance departed at 5:40 am for a nearby hospital, and a healthy baby girl was delivered inside the vehicle at 5:45 am with immediate neonatal care administered.
- Mother and newborn arrived at the hospital by 5:55 am, where officials later confirmed both were stable and recovering.
- Terminal Operations secured a temporary transit visa to prevent procedural delays, highlighting robust emergency protocols for international transit passengers.