A Ugandan woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl on a plane from Amsterdam to Boston while flying over Canadian airspace, making the child eligible for Canadian citizenship, US media reported Thursday.

Little Sasha was born Wednesday at 2pm GMT to the applause of other amazed Northwest Airlines passengers, as flight 59 flew over Halifax, Canada.

The mother, whose name was withheld by the airline, was assisted in giving birth by two doctors who were returning from vacation, The Boston Globe said.

"She (Sasha) looked perfect. She opened her eyes and she was very happy," Dr. Natarajan Raman told the daily. "Even though we didn't have a labor room delivery set up, everything went perfect."

At 2.7 kilograms, Sasha was born five minutes after her mother went into labor and about 90 minutes before the Boeing 757 landed in Boston, where child and mother were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital as a precaution.

US officials said that since Sasha was born over Canadian airspace, she should be a Canadian citizen.

Calls at Canada's immigration ministry were not returned.

AFP

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