Air India's all-women cockpit crew takes off on 17-hour flight to Bengaluru

Creating history Air Indias longest flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru with an allwomen crew landed in the city on MondayAs the flight AI176 landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru and the crew members walked to the airport lounge there was a huge crowd of people to receive them with elation and joy for setting a new record of an allwoman crew flying the longest distance over the North PoleAir India had said earlier this will be the longest commercial flight in the world to be operated by it or any other airline in IndiaThe direct distance between the two cities at opposite ends of the world is 13993 km with a time zone change of around 135 hoursAmid the cheers and clapping the four womenCaptain Zoya Aggarwal Captain Papagari Thanmai Captain Akansha Sonaware and Captain Shivani Manhas responded by showing the thumbs up signSporting a black uniform and donning the Air Indias cap the women were received at the airport by the Air India team members which had put out a banner reading A warm welcome to our guests on the inaugural flight of AI 176 January 11 2021 San Francisco to BengaluruUnion Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted In a moment to cherish amp celebrate women professionals of Indian civil aviation create history Heartiest Congratulations to Capt Zoya Aggarwal Capt Papagari Thanmai Capt Akansha Sonaware amp Capt Shivani for flying over North Pole to land in Bengaluru from San FranciscoIn a moment to cherish amp celebrate women professionals of Indian civil aviation create historyHeartiest Congratulations to Capt Zoya Aggarwal Capt Papagari Thanmai Capt Akansha Sonaware amp Capt Shivani for flying over North Pole to land in Bengaluru from San Francisco pictwittercomP6EvJChMGBmdash Hardeep Singh Puri HardeepSPuri January 11 2021Air India too greeted the crew members by tweeting Welcome Home Capt Zoya Agarwal Capt Papagari Thanmei Capt Akanksha amp 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 momentThe San Francisco Airport authorities too rejoiced in the successThey tweeted Congratulations airindiain on a historic flight Flight AI176 was piloted by an allfemale cockpit crew for the landmark journey from SFO over the North Pole to BLRAirportFlight AI176 departed from San Francisco in the USA at around 830 pm local time on Saturday and landed at the Kempegowda International Airport at around 345 am local time on MondayThe total flight time on this route will be more than 17 hours depending on the wind speed on that particular day it had said in a statement on the eve of the historic flightThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever