Flown by 4 women pilots, Air India’s San Francisco-Bengaluru polar route flight takes off
NEW DELHI: The inaugural flight of Air India’s longest direct route — San Francisco (SFO) – Bengaluru (BLR) with four women pilots took off on Sunday morning.
The four — Captains Zoya Aggarwal, Papagari Thanmai, Akansha Sonaware and Shivani Manhas — became the first all-women crew to operate a flight over the North Pole on their way to BLR. They are operating a Boeing 777 200 (long range or LR) VT-ALG — named ‘Kerala’.
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— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) 1610256453000
“And Countdown begins! Minutes away from take off of our nonstop flight frm San Fransisco – Bengaluru. Air India scripted history as all women cockpit crew rolls out AI176 on its record-making around the world voyage, possibly charting the Polar route from SFO to BLR,” AI Tweeted Sunday morning.
