The incident took place on August 14 on Cebu Pacific Air flight, which was passing through Indian airspace while on its way to Manila.
Sources at Hyderabad airport told IANS that the flight had to land because of medical emergency. The flight resumed its journey after the woman and the new born baby girl were shifted to a hospital in the city.
"They were in slightly bad shape when brought to medical centre at the airport because it was a premature delivery," sources said.
They were later shifted to Apollo Cradle Hospital. According to doctors, the mother is stable but the new-born was suffering from jaundice.
The hospital authorities declined to share the name and other details of the woman.
Missy Berberabe Umandal, one of the passengers on the flight, posted on Facebook that the lady near her seat started having contractions mid-flight.
According to her, it surprised even the woman as the delivery was due in October. Two nurses who were among the passengers came to help as flight attendants started calling for medical assistance. The more spacious front portion of the plane was turned into a makeshift delivery room.
"We only heard one semi-loud screech, and a few seconds later, there were tinier, cute screeches, and it was when we knew the baby was born, Umandal posted.
"The flight attendants took a shelf from the cabinets and filled it with mineral water, which became a makeshift wash basin to clean the baby in.
She also posted a picture of the woman with the baby in her arms. She described the girl as lucky as she will get free travel for lifetime for being born in a Cebu Pacific flight.
