Newborn baby found alive in plane’s toilet bin, mother arrested 

A 20-year-old Madagascar woman has been accused of abandoning her newborn baby boy in an airplane toilet after allegedly giving birth mid-flight. 

The Mauritius airports authority said, that the newborn baby has been found in the bin of a plane toilet.

Airport officials found the abandoned infant during a routine check on an Air Mauritius plane that had landed a short while earlier at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.

After finding the boy, authorities rushed to hospital for treatment.

The woman, who initially denied parentage, is in custody now.

She was a passenger on a flight from her home country to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Aiport in Mauritius on January 1. 

The woman is under medical observation, and, upon her release, is expected to face police questioning and potential child abandonment charges.

According to reports, the incident took place on New Year's Day.

At first, the woman said the child was not hers. A medical evaluation, however, confirmed authorities' suspicions that she had recently given birth. 

Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused woman had been traveling to Mauritius on a two-year work permit.   

Despite the ordeal, both the woman and the baby are said to be in good health.