A South Korean girl who began haemorrhaging on a flight last week is recovering well, Eastday.com reported today.

The nine-year-old girl, who was identified as Alina in the report, was no longer facing a life-threatening condition, as she can now sit up in bed and eat soft foods like porridge, the report said.

Paramedics at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University said they have seen an increase in the girl's red-blood cell count and haemoglobins, the report said.

Doctors added the girl's hemorrhage was caused by a bleeding in her alimentary canal, the report said.

Prior to this incident, the girl had undergone surgery to remove a block in her biliary tract in Guangdong Province, where she and her mother boarded a flight to return to their motherland, the report said.

Though Alina's father said she would go back to South Korea to receive further treatment on her gallbladder, she wouldn't leave China until her condition stabalizes, the report said.

The girl began bleeding during a flight on November 14. After an emergency landing at Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport, she was whisked to hospital.

(Shanghai Daily November 20, 2007)