Boy born in helicopter meets crew

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Helicopter born boy meets crew

An eight-year-old boy who was born on a search and rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose has met the crew that helped to deliver him.

Jacob Burns was born while his mother, Nikki, was being flown from Scilly to hospital in Cornwall.

She had to be taken off St Mary's because Jacob's heart rate had dropped.

Lt Cdr Martin Lanni, the helicopter's pilot on the day Jacob was born, showed him the spot in the Sea King where he was born.

Paramedic Dave Pascoe said: "The midwife was there as well and did a fantastic job. We delivered a nine pound bouncing baby boy."

Jacob thought the helicopter was "awesome"

Nikki Burns said: "I remember not being able to hear anything because it was so noisy inside the helicopter.

"The crew were all amazing, I was looking at them for reassurance that Jacob was OK because I couldn't hear him crying."

Aircrewman Darren Hall was also at Culdrose to meet Jacob and show him around the helicopter.

Jacob's passport and birth certificate both state that he was born in a Royal Navy helicopter en route from the Isles of Scilly to the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

Jacob said going inside the helicopter again was "awesome".