Birth scheme on flight too risky

The Shanghaiist reported the detour from Los Angeles to Anchorage cost China Airlines thousands of dollars and it looks like the new mother will probably be held responsible for the detour fees incurred.

Taiwan’s Transportation Minister Chen Jian-yu has said that the mother who delivered a baby at 30,000 feet above the Pacific on a China Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles will likely be liable for the costs of diverting that flight to Alaska for her medical treatment.

CAL stated that if pregnant passengers fail to provide proper medical clearance, deceive the company’s staff and thereby cause the flight to be diverted, insurance companies are required to pay compensation for passengers found liable.

Luckily, a doctor was on board the aircraft and was able to assist in the baby’s delivery.

However, as soon as the plane landed in Anchorage, Alaska, the US authorities immediately took away the newborn from her mother.

“Compensation (to the airline) will likely be inevitable”, said Taiwan’s Transportation Minister Chen Jian-yu. Jian has reportedly said the baby is in custody in the US and has been granted citizenship.

The flight attendant also wrote that when the woman’s water broke mid-flight and she started going into labor, she was advised by flight attendants to lie down and prepare for delivery. Well, there’s more to the story.

And she kept asking attendants if the plane had entered United States airspace.

According to a passenger Amira Rajput, once the place landed U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents boarded the plane demanding Jian’s passport.

“He told me that this is something foreign women do, to try and deliver overseas for citizenship”, Rajput recalled. “This is a political issue”.

Taiwanese media reported that she had since been deported by U.S. immigration authorities, covering her face with a jacket as she flew into Taipei airport. “People die to come to this country”. At the time, the woman was 36 weeks pregnant, and Taiwanese law prohibits women from flying after 32 weeks without permission of a doctor.

The woman was deported by USA authorities late Saturday, but the reason for her deportation was not disclosed.

Apparently, people born on planes within 12 miles of the United States’ territorial waters are eligible for USA citizenship at birth, according to a technical guidance document published by the State Department.