Air India’s All Women Crew Create History by Completing Longest Flight, Flying Over North Pole
Air India’s women crew created history for completing the longest flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru, flying over the North Pole.
Air India’s women crew created history for completing the longest flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru, flying over the North Pole.
The crew arrived at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda’s International airport on Monday after covering a distance of 16,000 kilometers.
The inaugural flight AI176 departed from San Francisco, USA at 8:30 pm local time on Saturday and arrived at Kempegowda International airport in Bengaluru at 3:45 am local time.
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.”
Air India tweeted, “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.”
This was the first non-stop flight between San Francisco and Bengaluru.
Air India will operate the flights using state-of-the-art Boeing 777-200LR long-range aircraft equipped with 238 seats, comprising 8 First Class, 35 Business Class, and 195 Economy Class seats.
