Newborn baby found in the bathroom bin on an Air Mauritius flight

Staff tasked with cleaning a plane after it landed discovered a newborn baby hidden in the bin of the aircraft’s toilet.

The baby was found in the bin of the plane’s toilet. Picture: Supplied

A newborn baby has been found abandoned in the rubbish bin of a plane toilet.

Airport staff tasked with cleaning the Air Mauritius plane discovered the baby boy after the flight landed at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, the main airport on Mauritius, on January 1.

A woman in her 20s from Madagascar, suspected of being the baby’s mother, was detained at the airport.

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The baby survived its brutal ordeal. Picture: Supplied

A newborn baby was found in the bathroom bin of an Air Mauritius plane.

The flight had come from Antananarivo, Madagascar.

While the Madagascan woman initially denied the baby boy was hers, she was later taken to hospital in Mauritius which confirmed she had given birth that day.

The child was rushed to hospital for treatment but is reportedly healthy.

According to local newspaper Le Mauricien, the mother had arrived in Mauritius on a two-year work permit.

She was placed under police surveillance at the hospital.

Police said she would be questioned after being released from hospital and is facing charges of abandoning a newborn.