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Liew Siaw Hsia went into labour on the AirAsia plane on Wednesday during a flight from the northern island of Penang to Kuching on Borneo island, AFP reports.
The craft made a diversion to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur but the baby was delivered by an on-board doctor and flight attendants before landing.
A statement from the airline read: "The baby was safely delivered when flight AK 6506 was approaching Kuala Lumpur for landing at 2,000 feet."
Director of operations Moses Devanayagam added: "To celebrate this momentous occasion, we decided to present both mother and child with free flights for life."
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