Air India's all-women pilot team completes historic 17-hour flight

11 Jan 2021

Air India’s all-women pilot team completes historic 17-hour flight

Air India’s all-women pilot team completes historic 17-hour flightOn Monday, a special Air India flight (AI-176) from San Francisco, US landeded at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.

Flying for 17 hours, this was the longest (direct) commercial flight in the world to be operated by Air India or any other airline in India.

The direct distance between the two cities at opposite ends of the world is 13,993 km with a time zone change of around 13.5 hours.

It also had an all-women cockpit crew. They were Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Akansha Sonaware and Captain Shivani Manhas.

There was a huge crowd at the airport to celebrate the historic flight. Amid the cheers and clapping, the four women- responded by showing the thumbs up sign.

Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri, congratulated the captains on the achievement.

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