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India's national carrier Air India operates all-women crew flight around the world

Xinhua, March 5, 2017 Adjust font size:

India's national carrier Air India has claimed to have made history by operating a flight around the world with an all-women crew.

The Air India flight (Boeing 777) departed from New Delhi on February 27 for San Francisco and returned to the Indian capital on March 3.

The aircraft flew over the Pacific Ocean on its trip to the United States, while its return flight was over the Atlantic Ocean, encircling the globe, the airline has said.

Not only the pilots and the cabin crew, even the check-in and ground-handling staff, engineers, and air traffic controllers who authorised the flight's departure and arrival were all women, it said.

A spokesperson for the carrier told the media that the airline has applied for an entry on the Guinness World Record for this feat ahead of the International Women's Day on March 8. Endit