What if a lady gives birth to a baby on an airplane over the ocean?

Question

what is the place of birth on the birth certificate???

Answer 1

While they don't let women fly in commercial planes during late pregnancy it still happens on occasion.  The baby gets a legal birth certificate from where the plane took off.  So the baby get's a birth certificate from the point where the plane was last on the ground.

Answer 2

By rule.. one is not allowed to fly by plane.. if she is over 34 months pregnant. (Rules vary slightly for different airlines) It is not safe too anyways.. So this situation would never happen..

Hope this answers your question

Answer 3

I don't think they let women over 7 months pregnant on airplanes, so I dobut it would happen.

Answer 4

Middle of nowhere, altitude 39,000 ft? :)

Answer 5

they don't let you get on a plane after 7 months

Answer 6

it doesn't hav 1

they get thrown out window

Answer 7

it would be the closest city

on a boat it would say exactly where over the ocean

Answer 8

They say women should not fly during the third trimester of their pregnancy.  My friend was born was born in international waters when her family was coming to America from Vietnam by boat.  She is declared a US citizen.  I guess the same thing applies.

Answer 9

the parents can decide that or where ever they land

Answer 10

Hi - Many airlines have NO policy about how late into a pregnancy a woman is allowed to fly. A few request a doctor's note for flights after the eigth month. I haven't heard of any who limit flying to the 7th month. As a result, a surprising number of babies are born on flights each year.

Never thought about the citizenship issue before. An article below refers to "US Airspace" but doesn't address what would happen over the open ocean. Interesting stuff!

From a newspaper article written in 2006: Is a baby born on a flight to the U.S. a U.S. citizen?

Officials say that depends.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said a child born in airspace over American territory is eligible for citizenship.

A 7-pound, 8-ounce girl was born Wednesday onboard a Mexicana Airlines flight from Guadalajara, Mexico, to Chicago. The birth took place about an hour before the plane landed at O’Hare International Airport.

The Citizenship and Immigration spokeswoman said that if the parents want to pursue citizenship for their daughter, they’ll have to file an application.

Then officials would investigate whether the child was born in Mexican airspace or over international waters.

An obstetrician on board helped with the delivery. The 42-year-old mother was traveling with her husband and two other children to visit relatives in Milwaukee.

A hospital spokeswoman said mother and daughter are doing fine.

Answer 11

Well, this is complicated because almost every country in the world, as well as the United Nations, has procedures and recommendations for how to properly classify the geographic details of an in-air birth. The United Nations considers a child born in-flight to have been born in the airplane's registered country. Some countries point to the city where the child first disembarked the plane as the place of birth. As each country and airline have differing rules and regulations on this, there is no clear-cut answer.

Now, you are probably wondering what the nationality of the child would be, right? Nationality is a relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person, and affords the person the protection of the state. It is established at birth by a child's place of birth (jus soli) and/or bloodline (jus sanguinis)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationality

Most countries have rules set up so that the child will only acquire the nationality of the parents, such as the rules of many European and African countries. That means that just because a baby is born on a Belgium plane (for example), the baby would not receive Belgium citizenship unless at least one of the parents was Belgium, or the family had been living in Belgium for a period of some years. The baby would only acquire the nationality of the parents. This is known as Jus Sanguinis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguin...

The US though (along with a few other countries) has laws set up so that a child born on a plane inside the US, or flying over it's territories would acquire US citizenship. In cases where the baby is born over US territories (and the parents are not US citizens), the baby would be born with dual citizenship - the nationality of the parents, and American citizenship. This is known as Jus Soli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/07fam/0... Section 7FAM1116.1-3 AIRSPACE paragraph a

In the case of Belgium citizenship, citizenship is based on a mixture the principles of Jus Sanguinis and Jus Soli. In other words both place of birth and Belgian parentage are relevant for determining whether a person is a Belgian citizen. It is regulated by the Code of Belgian Nationality. In some circumstances citizenship is granted to children born in Belgium to non-Belgian parents. This is not the case where parents are temporary or short term visitors. The child, once s/he is between 18 and 22 can sign a declaration indicating that s/he wants Belgian nationality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_nat...

Also, even if a baby is born in a plane, there have only been two recorded incidents where the baby was allowed free passage for life. This is a rarity, and NOT the norm.

As for flying while pregnant, a woman is safe to travel by plane from the beginning of her pregnancy all the way up until the end portion of her last trimester (usually 9th month - 36 weeks) and can manage what ever kind of trip(s) she wants to do as long as she and her pregnancy are healthy and the pregnancy is progressing normally. As long as everything is fine, air travel does NOT increase the risk of miscarriage or pre-term labor, and poses no other risks to her or her child.

It is the last four weeks (once she reaches the 9th month - 36 weeks) that women are usually prohibited from flying. This is because after 36 weeks, a women can go into labor at any time, and the airplane is not made to handle such situations. For one, there is no guarantee that a doctor will be on board a plane, plus, should any complications arise during the labor and delivery, the plane does not have the medical equipment to handle such situations and it could put the health of the mother and child in danger.

All airlines make up their own rules and regulations regarding pregnant women. Some do not restrict travel at all, no matter what stage of pregnancy a women is in, and others start to restrict at 7 months, although the majority restrict around 36 weeks.

I wrote an article that talks all about flying while pregnant, and addresses the issues of when a mother can fly, when she is restricted from flying, what happens if a baby is born mid flight, etc.

http://jamiehassen79.angelfire.com/pregn...

I hope this helped to clear some things up for you. If I can be of any more help or assistance, please feel free to contact me.

Answer 12

good questionnn! probably the country of the mothers residence, and the country closest where she had the baby.