Minister hails all-women Air India crew

An all-women crew of Air India will fly over the North Pole on the world's longest air route and the flight from San Fransico will reach Bengaluru on January 11 covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometres.

New Delhi: The day after announcing that an all-women cockpit crew will operate the inaugural flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday, once again, hailed them as they took off for their destination.

• 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

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  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 (@HardeepSPuri) January 10, 2021

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  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 (@HardeepSPuri) January 10, 2021

"Way to go girls! Professional, qualified & confident, the all-women cockpit crew takes off from San Francisco to Bengaluru on Air India flight to fly over North Pole. Our Nari Shakti achieves a historic first," the Minister tweeted.

On Saturday, the Minister had said in a tweet that the Air India's woman power flies high around the world and it was a historic inaugural flight between the two cities.

READ: Air India women pilots set to script history by flying over North Pole

"Air India's woman power flies high around the world. All women cockpit crew consisting of Captain Zoya Agarwal, Capt Papagari Thanmai, Capt Akanksha Sonawane, and Capt Shivani Manhas will operate the historic inaugural flight between Bengaluru and San Francisco," he said.

Air India added on Sunday, "And Countdown begins! Minutes away from the take-off of our nonstop flight from San Fransisco - Bengaluru. Air India set to script 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."

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