Air India operates world's longest all-woman flight

National carrier Air India on 7^th march 2016 flew the "world's longest" all-woman operated and supported flight from the national capital to San Francisco.
•    The flight, which travelled a distance of around 14,500 kilometre in close to 17 hours, was operated as part of International Women's Day celebrations.
•    The non-stop flight to San Francisco took off from New Delhi on March 6.
•    The flight was under the command of Kshamta Bajpayee and Shubhangi Singh, along with First Officers Ramya Kirti Gupta and Amrit Namdhari.
•    The carrier has about 3,800 women employees, including pilots, cabin crew, engineers, technicians, doctors, security personnel and executives.
•    It was a 17-hour flight that covered 14,600 km with a ground speed of 1200 km per hr.
•    The flight that departed from New Delhi on March 6 at 0235 hrs and landed in San Francisco at 0600 hrs, covering 17 long hours.