Imagine going into labor with a month to go before the due date and, to make matters worse, doing so at an altitude of 10,000 meters while on route from Doha, Qatar to Entebbe, Uganda.

On December 5, 2021, this occurred to an anonymous Ugandan lady. The flight takes around six hours, and the aircraft had already taken off when Miracle Aisha decided to travel the globe.

Fortunately, mother and daughter were able to rely on specialized assistance. Aisha Khatib, a doctor from Canada, volunteered to assist after she heard the famous remark “Is there a doctor on board?”

She was the one who utilized social media to explain the strange experience of aiding a delivery in the heights. According to the doctor, there was a mob around the woman, and by the time she approached, the baby’s head had already out.

In an interview, she stated that she was most concerned about three things: supporting the newborn so that she would not be injured as soon as she was born, preparing the area with blankets so that there would be as little mess as possible, and what to do if you do not have access to the necessary postpartum medical equipment.

Fortunately, there was also a physician and a nurse on board, which helped everyone feel even more at ease with the treatment immediately after the delivery.

“I was able to successfully cut the umbilical chord. And I examined the infant. She was sobbing and flushed, so I massaged her and took her to the doctor. “Mother seemed healthy and strong,” she remembered.

“So, I said, ‘Congratulations, it’s a girl!’” The whole aircraft began applauding and shouting, and I thought to myself, “Oh yeah, I’m on a plane, and everyone is watching this.”

The new mom named her daughter after Dr. Khatib. Her first gift was a gold necklace the doctor was wearing with “Aisha” written in Arabic.

“I thought I’d give it to her, and she’ll have a little token of the doctor that delivered her 35,000 feet in the air while flying over the Nile,” she said.