Air India creates history as all-women crew fly San Francisco-Bengaluru flight
It’s longest commercial flight to be operated by any airline in India.
crew comprised Capt Zoya Aggarwal, Capt Papagari Thanmai, Capt Akansha Sonaware and Capt Shivani Manhas
Two cities are 16,000 km apart with 13.5-hour time zone change
Total flight time will be over 17 hours.
Flight departed at 8.30 pm on Saturday, landed at 3.45 am on Monday.
Crew flew over the North Pole
AI176 flight flew at an altitude of 37,000 feet at 1032 kmph speed
“Our Nari Shakti achieves a historic first, tweeted Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri.
Air India claims to have highest ratio of female employees
It plans non-stop service between Hyderabad and Chicago from January 15
