A mother and son are doing well after giving birth on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas. Christina Penton was 36 weeks pregnant when she suddenly started feeling sick on the Spirit Airlines flight Saturday night.
There happened to be a pediatrician and a nurse on board, and they brought the seven pound baby into the world, thousands of feet up in the air.
Spirit Airlines representatives visited the now-larger family at the Louisiana hospital to present them with some baby gifts — including free lifetime Spirit flights for baby Christoph and a guest on his birthday.