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Storks and Boeings over Denver


Pictured: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4
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Contact photographer James Richard Covington

What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from from Chicago to Salt Lake City
Where: Denver
When: December 4, 2009
Who: mother and child
Why: About 130 miles NW of Denver, an expectant mother aboard the 737 delivered a baby boy. A doctor was on board and assisted. The flight diverted to Denver when the baby was born. Mother and son were taken to a Denver hospital, and the flight continued to Salt Lake City.

Reportedly, the pilot announced that a new patient had just boarded.

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