Woman gives birth to baby boy on flight to Europe August 13, 2013 - 10:41PM 12 reading now Extra baggage: A woman gave birth on the flight. A passenger on a Royal Air Maroc flight from Casablanca, Morocco, to Bologna, Italy, has given birth to a boy in mid-air. The official Moroccan news agency MAP says the 39-year-old woman went into labour shortly after takeoff on Sunday. The flight was diverted to Barcelona, and the baby was born just before landing. The airline didn't specify the passenger's nationality. It said crew members and a midwife, who happened to be on the plane, helped with the delivery. Mother and child were taken to Sant Joan de Deu hospital in Barcelona and are in good health, the airline says. The flight continued on to Bologna about 50 minutes after landing in Barcelona.