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"There were 124 passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 when it left the Netherlands.

There were 125 when it landed in Boston.

Phil Orlandella, a spokesperson for Logan International Airport, says a woman went into labour yesterday and gave birth to an apparently healthy 6-pound baby girl over the Atlantic Ocean during the eight-hour flight from Amsterdam."

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"Orlandella said the baby, named Sasha, was considered a Canadian citizen because she was born over Canadian airspace."