A recent video of stewardesses cooing over a baby born suddenly on a china Airlines flight made for a heart-warming story. the mother was flying from Taipei to Los Angeles on 7 October when she into Iabour six hours into the flight, eventually delivering a healthy baby girl with the help of a doctor on board. the plane was diverted to Alaska. The story was widely picked up by international Media, including the BBC. But in Taiwan, were the woman is from, it has been met with skepticism .
Many there have asked how she was able to board a plane so late in her pregnancy, and what her motivations were for doing so. Some ,including MPs, have even alleged-without proof-that she was rushing to the US so her child could be a US citizen, and had lied about her pregnancy to get on board. They say she could be handed a bill for the cost of the diversion