Women in aviation creates history
4 female pilots of the airline air-India created history by tottering around the whole globe in a go. Flying the route over the North Pole. Covering over 14,000 kms, they flew the airlineβs first direct flight from Bengaluru to San-Francisco.
Capt Zoya Aggarwal says βflying from two diametrically points which SF to Bengaluru, if you see the globe theyβre on two exact diametric pointsββ by all women pilots who successfully did it, which is amongst one of the worldβs longest flights.
The flight was significantly for two reasons first, itβs the longest non-stop commercial flight by any Indian airline and also a route that takes great skill to manoeuver.
The flight duration was 17 hours and the two major captain on board were captain Zoya Aggarwal and captain Papagari Thanmai followed by captain Shivani Manhas.