Newsstand - Russian Woman Delivers Baby on Plane

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what nationality the baby will be now?

is they already entered us airspace will it be an american ?

what happens if the baby was born over the sea..

will it be russian than?

dp

Will the baby get miles for that segment

what nationality the baby will be now?

is they already entered us airspace will it be an american ?

what happens if the baby was born over the sea..

will it be russian than?

dp

The Aeroflot 767 fleet is registered in Bermuda. So I suspect the law of the sea say the baby is a British subject. Needless to say, there will be a long legal battle to determine all this. There was a girl born about 15 years ago to an unwed couple, IIRC mom was Irish and the dad British and the Airplane Thai or Singapore and they were on their way to Australia...whatever; I do remember that the girl was six before she was accepted as a citizen of one of those countries.

From: http://www.aeroflot.com/eng/info.asp?ob_no=715&act=flights_info&pk=2005031105318554

321 flight information
Airline: SU, flight number: 321

from
MOSCOW - SHEREMETYEVO (SVO2) to
LOS ANGELES (LAX)
Flight type: Scheduled flight
Aircraft type: Boeing 767
Aircraft number: VPBAV
Classes:
1st
0
Biz
30
Coach
188
Scheduled time of Gate Departure 10:20
16.09.2005

Scheduled time of Gate Arrival 12:30
16.09.2005

This aircraft was VP-BAV, which is a Bermuda registry probably because it is leased from a company who bases the asset (the 767) in Bermuda for tax purposes.

This has happened a few times before that I know of, and I'm always curious about the citizenship issue too. I'm pretty sure Russia recognizes parentage for citizenship, so the child should be at minimum a Russian citizen. And babies born on British vessels have been granted citizenship if their births are registered with GB. Here's what I found regarding US citizenship for the baby:

... a child born on a plane in the United States or flying over
its territory would acquire United States citizenship at birth. ... Birth on U.S. vessel outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States does not confer U.S. citizenship upon the child of alien parents.
(Details on this are in 7 FAM 1116.1-3.)

I wonder if the baby was born in Canadian or US airspace.

Will the baby get miles for that segment
No. He wasn't on a paid ticket.

A plane in LAX discharges one more passenger than was listed on the boarding manifest. Pax was not screened at boarding. Pax has no ticket and no name and no passport and no known nationality.

Is that suspicious activity or what? Better break out the SSI book to look up what to do!

I bet TSA is having a field day SSSSing and taking off the little shoes to wand that suspect foreign terrorist. :D

Yalinus started having contractions seven hours into the 12-hour flight.

The pilot requested a landing at the nearest military airport in Canada but was told the runway was too short for the Boeing 767 and continued on to Los Angeles, Sokolov said.
This just seems wrong. Would put them up by Yellowknife NWT, later Edmonton and Calgary come along, even before the US border. Can NONE of these handle/be bothered to handle a 767 medical diversion ?

Russian media reports that the woman was on her way to see her husband, the baby's father, an American citizen. Plane's registration has nothing to do with that. The baby will be a dual citizen of Russia and the US

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No. He wasn't on a paid ticket.

Will there be an add collect due b/c of the birth?

:D:D:D