Baby on board: Flight diverted to Dublin as passenger enters labour

A flight between Paris and North Carolina had to be diverted to Dublin Airport this afternoon after a passenger prematurely entered labour.

American Airlines flight AA787 was travelling along the west coast of Scotland when a medical emergency was declared, and the journey had to be re-routed to Dublin where the plane touched down at 1.30pm.

It is believed that a doctor was on board the aircraft, which was met by emergency services upon its arrival at Dublin Airport.

A spokeswoman for the Dublin Airport Authority confirmed that a woman was transferred to the Rotunda maternity hospital, but there is no update on her current condition.

The woman’s nationality is not known, and flight AA787 has since resumed its journey to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in the US.