Airport staff discover newborn baby in plane toilet bin

The baby was discovered during a routine cabin check.

A newborn baby boy was found abandoned in a plane toilet's rubbish bin by airport staff in Mauritius. Staff at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport were carrying out a routine customs check on the Air Mauritius plane when they discovered the infant. The plane had arrived at the airport from Madagascar on January 1. A 20-year-old woman, believed to be from the island, was arrested. The young woman, suspected of having delivered the baby on board, initially denied she was the child's mother. [caption id="attachment_404370" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Credit: BBC[/caption] Yet authorities made her undergo a medical examination that confirmed that she had just given birth. She was placed under police surveillance at the hospital, whilst the baby was rushed to hospital upon discovery as a precaution. Both the woman and the child are said to be doing well. According to BBC News, she will be questioned and charged with abandoning a newborn upon her release from hospital.