Afghan baby girl born on US military plane

An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl on a US military plane shortly after arriving on an evacuation flight to Germany, the US Air Force tweeted yesterday. During the flight from a staging base in the Middle East, the woman went into labour and began to experience complications, it said. "The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilise and save the mother's life," the US Air Mobility Command said later on Twitter. Immediately on landing at the Ramstein base, US military medics helped the woman deliver her baby in the cargo hold of the plane. Mother and child were then transferred to a nearby medical facility "and are in good condition", it said.