Give birth on board and get free flights on AirAsia!

Wanna get free flights on AirAsia? Just give birth on board!

Liew Siaw Hsia, who was 27 weeks pregnant, was on a flight from Penang to Kuching when she began to feel some discomfort. The aircraft was diverted to Kuala Lumpur and a doctor who was on board as well helped her to give birth to a baby boy, together with the assistance of the flight attendants, just before the landing.

Both the mother and child will get free flights on AirAsia for life, says the Malaysian low-cost carrier. "AirAsia is also very happy to have a first baby delivered onboard its aircraft, and that both mother and baby are healthy and safe," it adds.

Now, isn't there a regulation that says that women who are too pregnant can't board flights? According to news reports, Liew was 11 weeks short of the full term. So she was not too far along - or was she? I have no idea.

We hardly hear of women giving birth on board flights nowadays. In any case, it must have been one heck of a ride for everyone involved.