Air India All-Women Crew Makes History, Lands Longest Flight From US Flying Over North Pole
Air Indias 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. The flight covered a distance of about 16000 kilometers.
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. The flight covered 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," Captain Zoya Aggarwal told news agency ANI.
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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."
A historic moment for us! BLR-SFO route commences with the arrival of flight AI 176. This marks the first non-stop connection between #Bengaluru and #SanFrancisco. #BLRAirport @airindiain @MoCA_GoI @HardeepSPuri #GOK pic.twitter.com/8pFLSbRaVh
¡ª BLR Airport (@BLRAirport) January 10, 2021
#AirIndia Congratulations to Capt ZoyaSapraAgarwal & her all-women crew who will undertake @airIndiain's inaugural flight from Bengaluru to SanFrancisco!
¡ª Rajeev Thakur (@ranarajeevsingh) January 8, 2021
This will be one of the world¡¯s longest flights, connecting two Silicon Valleys in the US& India!@narendramodi@DGCAIndia pic.twitter.com/6B8hr0qU1O
?? Congratulations Air India on the inaugural flight! We are pleased to welcome @airindiain's first-ever nonstop flight between San Francisco and @BLRAirport Bangalore (Bengaluru), India! The new service represents the only nonstop flights between the United States and Bengaluru. pic.twitter.com/GGuLCreQkc
¡ª San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ??? (@flySFO) January 10, 2021
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."
The all-women crew flight was the first direct non-stop flight between the west coast of the United States and southern India.
