All you need to know about Air India s all-women pilot crew which scripted history
Flown by four women pilots, the first non-stop flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru landed at Bengaluru airport at 3.07 am on Monday.
DNA Web Team
Jan 12, 2021, 07:44 PM IST
In a historic move, Air India s longest direct route flight with the all-women pilot team landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco, flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometers. Air India Captain Zoya Agarwal, commanded the flight over North Pole.
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.
Updated Jan 11, 2021 | 07:40 IST
Air India s longest direct route flight with the all-women cockpit crew team landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco on Monday Air India s all-women pilot team successfully completes longest direct route (San Francisco-Bengaluru) flight. | Photo Credit: Twitter
New Delhi: Air India s longest direct route flight with the all-women cockpit crew landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco on Monday, flying over the North Pole and taking the Atlantic route to cover a distance of about 16,000 kilometres.
The four women pilots Captains Zoya Aggarwal, Papagari Thanmai, Akansha Sonaware and Shivani Manhas were operating a Boeing 777 200 (long range or LR) VT-ALG named ‘Kerala’.
Four Air-India women pilots fly over north pole on world s longest flight route, script history
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. (Image: Twitter/airindiain)
Updated: Jan 11, 2021, 08:00 AM IST
In a historic move, Air India s longest direct route flight with the all-women pilot team landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco (SFO), flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometers. 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.
Air India s all-women cockpit crew scripts history by flying over North pole on world s longest air route
India
Updated: Monday, January 11, 2021, 12:52 [IST]
Bengaluru, Jan 11: With four women pilots, Air India s longest direct route flight landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco, flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometres.
The flight number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 PM (local time) and arrived at 3.45 AM on Monday.
Members of the crew are: Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Akansha Sonaware and Captain Shivani Manhas.
Speaking to media, Captain Zoya Aggarwal said, 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.
Highlights
According to aviation experts, flying over the North Pole is extremely technical and requires skill and experience
The longest flight over the North Pole will be another feather in Captain Zoya s cap
Captain Zoya has been the youngest woman pilot to fly a Boeing-777 in 2013
Karnataka: An all-women Air India pilot team flew over the North Pole on the world s longest air route Air and successfully landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco, covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometres. It was an exciting experience since it was never done before. It took almost 17 hours to reach here, Shivani Manhas, one of the four pilots, who operated Air India s inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight, told ANI.