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16,000 kilometres, 17 hours! HISTORY CREATED - Air India all-women crew lands in Bengaluru after guiding longest flight over North Pole from San Francisco

The flight number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 PM (local time) and arrived in Bengaluru at 3.45 AM on Monday, PTI quoted Air India sources confirming this

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16,000 kilometres, 17 hours! HISTORY CREATED - Air India all-women crew lands in Bengaluru after guiding longest flight over North Pole from San Francisco
An all-women cockpit crew operating Air India's inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight arrived in Karnataka's capital after flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometres. Source: Air India Twitter
Reported By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Edited By: Harish Dugh
Updated: Mon, Jan 11, 2021
11:58 am
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Air India all-women crew created a history after its inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight arrived in Bengaluru this morning. The flight number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 PM (local time) and arrived in Bengaluru at 3.45 AM on Monday, PTI quoted Air India sources confirming this.

An all-women cockpit crew operating Air India's inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight arrived in Karnataka's capital after flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometres.

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"Today, we created world history by not only flying over the North Pole but also by having all women pilots who successfully did it. We are extremely happy and proud to be part of it. This route has saved 10 tonnes of fuel," said Captain Zoya Aggarwal.

The longest flight over the North Pole is another feather in Captain Zoya's cap as she was the youngest woman pilot to fly a Boeing-777 in 2013. "I am the youngest woman commander in the world on Boeing 777. Women should have self-belief even if they face societal pressure not consider any task impossible," she had said.

She became the first woman commander of Air India to command flight over the North Pole. Though Air India pilots have flown over polar route earlier also, it is for the first time a team women pilots flew over the North Pole.

Captain Aggarwal was joined by Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Akansha Sonaware and Captain Shivani Manhas in the cockpit.  

Flight AI176, which departed from San Francisco at 8:30 pm (local time) on Saturday, landed at Bengaluru Airport at 3:45 am (local time) on Monday.

Shivani Manhas, one of the four pilots who operated Air India's inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight said, "It was an exciting experience since it was never done before. It took almost 17 hours to reach here."

Before the flight Union, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri reacted over the history in making and had said, "Air India's woman power flies high around the world, our Nari Shakti achieves a historic first."

It was the first direct non-stop flight between the west coast of the United States and southern India.

 

#FlyAI : Welcome Home
Capt Zoya Agarwal, Capt Papagiri Thanmei, Capt Akanksha & Capt Shivani after completing a landmark journey with touchdown @BLRAirport.

Kudos for making Air India proud.

We also congratulate passengers of AI176 for being part of this historic moment. pic.twitter.com/UFUjvvG01h

— Air India (@airindiain) January 10, 2021

"Imagine this: All Women Cockpit Crew. Longest flight into India. Crossing the North Pole. It’s here & happening! Records were broken. History in the making by AI176 from San Francisco to Bengaluru. AI 176 is cruising at 30000 feet," Air India tweeted.

With Agencies inputs
 

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