Birth on board plane

For first-time mom Katherine Oyedoh who was 37 weeks pregnant, that moment happened to be 36,000 feet in the air somewhere between Atlanta and Senegal at 3.20am.

This passenger donated his shoe laces which were used to cut off the umbilical chord

Baby Ebosalume will return to the U.S. on Thursday to meet his father Greg for the first time, who is waiting at home in California

The medical team: Dr Patrick Ojukwu, an OB/GYN from Stockbridge, Georgia, far left, delivered the baby with the help of Susan, centre, and other passengers