Baby born on-board PAL flight named 'Pali'
Aviation Updates Philippines – A cute blessing indeed graced Philippine Airlines flight PR-659 on June 6,
2020, when a healthy baby boy was born en-route from Dubai to Manila at
39,000 feet. It was then a very proud moment for everyone at PAL when they
heard the news.
Just this morning, we received yet again another good news from the baby,
for he was named "Pali" — a combination of "PAL" and "Ali," meaning "most
high" in Arabic. PAL Spokesperson Cielo Villaluna shared this exciting news
in a Facebook post.
Villaluna said PR-659's flight purser Daisy Castellano reached out to baby
Pali's mother today. "The best part of their conversation was the glowing
mom's revelation that she named her baby "PALI", she said.
"I sincerely wanted to know how they've been doing, so I just sent her a
simple "Hi" and good wishes. She answered by sending me a picture of the
baby," Castellano remarked. Thankfully, after the surreal delivery on-board,
the baby and the mother are both "doing great".
In a Facebook post, Second Officer Fidel Guzmán Ala recounted what happened
on PR-659: "It was one of the, if not the most stressful and yet fulfilling
experiences in my life."
Since there were no doctors on-board, the responsibility was
entirely upon the flight crew. Ala said they contacted MedAire, an
International SOS company for maritime and the aviation sector, via the
plane's satellite phone to communicate with doctors.
"As there were no doctors on board, I had to call one through satphone and
very carefully relay all those medical terms to the cabin attendants
delivering the baby. To me, that felt a tad terrifying. One
misinterpretation of the doctor's instructions would spell out a person's
doom or destiny."
With the crew's #BuongPusongAlaga, they were able to safely deliver baby
Pali above 30,000 feet — a daring and critical feat that the team should be
genuinely proud of. Hats off to the crew of Philippine Airlines flight 659
on June 6:
Cabin crew: Purser Leilani Daisy Castellano, FA Joan Rivera, FA Maria
Josefina Lobo, FA Maria Cordis Carlyle Yuchongco, FA Marie Rose Coronel, FA
Nancy Montinola, FS Dino Karganilla, FS Jose Madarang, Jr., FS Ronniel James
Mendoza and FS Warren Santiago
Pilots: Capt. Mark Palomares, FO Herky Vitug and SO Fidel Guzman Ala
Photo from Cielo Villalua, Philippine Airlines
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