Air India ‘all women cockpit crew-controlled’ San Francisco-Bengaluru Flight to Land at Bengaluru Airport Monday Morning
An all-women cockpit crew, which managed the complete control of AI176 inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight that took off from the San Francisco airport on Saturday at 8.30 PM , has created history.
The flight number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 PM (local time) and would arrive in Bengaluru at 3.45 AM on Monday, according to Air India sources.
Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted, “Way to go girls! Professional, qualified & confident, the all women cockpit crew takes off from San Francisco to Bengaluru on @airindiain’s flight to fly over the North Pole. Our Nari Shakti achieves a historic first.”
Way to go girls!
Professional, qualified & confident, the all women cockpit crew takes off from San Francisco to Bengaluru on @airindiain's flight to fly over North Pole.
Our Nari Shakti achieves a historic first. pic.twitter.com/X46cs73dQu— Hardeep Singh Puri (मोदी का परिवार) (@HardeepSPuri) January 10, 2021
Air India has said this will be the longest commercial flight in the world to be operated by it or any other airline in India.
The 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 flight.
#FlyAI : AI 176 (San Francisco to Bengaluru) enters the Polar Region at an altitude of 32000 ft and at a speed of 464 knots/860 kmph the frozen landscape is lit up by the magical “Aurora borealis” . pic.twitter.com/Hs4bAyHsCa
— Air India (@airindia) January 10, 2021
Members of the crew are: Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Akansha Sonaware and Captain Shivani Manhas.
Air India too expressed its elation when it tweeted, “Imagine this : -All Women Cockpit Crew. -Longest flight into India. -Crossing the North Pole It’s here & happening! Records broken. History in the making by AI176 from @flySFO to @BLRAirport. AI 176 is cruising at 30000 feet.”
