NEWS Minnesota woman goes into labor on flight, causes emergency landing of American Airlines #AA611

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in North Carolina Tuesday afternoon when a Minnesota woman went into labor mid-flight. Shaniqua Cherry wasn’t due for another two weeks, but her daughter apparently couldn’t wait any longer, WSOC-TV says. She started having contractions before boarding, but didn’t think anything of it, WSOC says, but when her water broke mid-flight she new it was time. American Airlines Flight 611 from Philadelphia to Atlanta then made an emergency landing at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, WFMY reports.