BOSTON -- A flight from Europe arrived in Boston with an extra passenger on Wednesday after a woman on board gave birth somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean.

Baby Born On Trans-Atlantic Flight To Boston

Northwest Airlines Flight 59 from Amsterdam landed safely at Boston's Logan Airport at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The mother, named Susan, is believed to be from Uganda. She was eight and a half months pregnant when she went into labor about six hours into the eight-hour flight.

"I examined her and the baby was coming out. So I pulled the head. And that is when more physicians came to help -- Dr. (Natarajan) Ramen from Minnesota. He was from radiation oncology, but he knew what to do," said Dr. Paresh Thakkai, a family practitioner from Methuen.

"The spirit of America is alive and everybody was there to help. People offered baby food, people brought things and people relocated their seats. All I need to let you know is despite the recession, they are still progressive in their thinking," said Ramen, of Minneapolis.

The passengers aboard the plane applauded after the 6 ½ pound baby girl let out her first cry and the captain said mother and baby were doing well.

The mother and baby were taken to a Boston hospital.