Etihad Airways flight diverted to Mumbai after woman delivers baby girl mid-air

Agencies

October 24, 2018

Mumbai, Oct 24: An Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta was on Wednesday diverted to Mumbai after a passenger went into labour and delivered a baby girl mid-air.

Officials said that the delivery took place as the aircraft was flying over the Arabian Sea. The pilot of flight EY 474 contacted the Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) with a request for an emergency landing.

"The woman and child were attended to by airport doctors before being taken to hospital," an airport official said.

The baby girl is stable but may require admission to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The mother, an Indonesian national, was rushed to the operation theatre at Seven Hills Hospital where doctors performed a surgery for placenta removal. Post surgery, she was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit.

In a statement, Etihad Airways said that its flight EY474 from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta was diverted to Mumbai due to a medical emergency on board.

"As a result of the diversion, the flight will be two hours delayed arriving into Jakarta. We regret any inconvenience caused. The safety of our guests and crew is Etihad Airways’ highest priority," an airline spokesperson said.

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IndiGo offers full waiver on cancellations, reschedule requests for bookings between Dec 5 and 15

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December 6,2025

With IndiGo flight disruptions impacting thousands of passengers, the airline on Saturday said that it will offer full waiver on all cancellations/reschedule requests for travel bookings between December 5, 2025 and December 15, 2025.

Earlier in the day, the civil aviation ministry had directed the airline to complete the ticket refund process for the cancelled flights by Sunday evening, as well as ensure baggage separated from the travellers are delivered in the next two days.

In a post on X, titled 'No questions asked', IndiGo wrote, "In response to recent events, all refunds for your cancellations will be processed automatically to your original mode of payment."

"We are deeply sorry for the hardships caused," it further added.

Several passengers, however, complained of not getting full refund as promised by the airline.

Netizens have shared screenchots of getting charged for airline cancellation fee and convenience fee.

"Please tell me why u have did this airline cancellation charges when u say full amount will be refunded (sic)," a user wrote sharing a screenshot of the refund page.

"Well, but you have still debited the convenience charges," wrote another.

Passengers have also raised concerns about the "cancel" option being disabled on the IndiGo app. "First enable the 'Cancel' button on your App & offer full refund on tickets cancelled by customers between the said dates," wrote a user.

A day after the country's largest airline, IndiGo, cancelled more than 1,000 flights and caused disruptions for the fifth day on Saturday, the ministry said that any delay or non-compliance in refund processing will invite immediate regulatory action.

The refund process for all cancelled or disrupted flights must be completed by 8 pm on Sunday, the ministry said in a statement.

"Airlines have also been instructed not to levy any rescheduling charges for passengers whose travel plans were affected by cancellations," it said.

On Saturday, more than 400 flights were cancelled at various airports.

IndiGo has also been instructed to set up dedicated passenger support and refund facilitation cells.

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