Air India all women captains crew created history, saving 10 tons of fuels: Know about their story

The gender norms of differentiating between Girls and boys, on the basis of what they can do and cannot do are being broken day by day by women all around the world. 

Here we are talking about the brave women who took a flight from San Francisco to Bangalore on Air India and added a new chapter of success and the name of India.

In fact, a team of 4 women pilots of Air India has surprised everyone by flying on the world's longest air route i.e. North Pole. During this time, he has covered a distance of about 16 thousand kilometers. The most proud thing is that the aircraft was fully operated by women, including Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Capt Shivani, Capt Akanksha and Capt Papagari Tanmai. You will be surprised to know that after landing at Bengaluru Airport, Captain Zoya Aggarwal had informed that this route has saved 10 tons of fuel. Such information has been revealed that Air India pilots have also flown on the arterial route before, but this is the first time that a team of female pilots team has flown over North Pole.

India's first female pilot

Here we have told you that the women of today have somehow created history in the sky. But do you know who was the first female pilot of our country? Who flew the aircraft at the age of 21 wearing a sari. Here we are talking about the first female pilot of India, Sarla Thakral. She was also a mother to a four-year-old girl when she flew the plane. In 1936 she boarded a two-seater Gypsy Moth aircraft at Lahore Airport and did this feat when the British ruled India. She was born on 15 March in Delhi. Sarla took training in flying his aircraft from the Flying Club in Delhi in 1929.