EP 1 - Meet Captain Zoya Agarwal who went from being an avid stargazer to making history as a pilot
Air India\u2019s Captain Zoya Agarwal has scripted history as the first woman to fly the Boeing-777 and more recently, the longest commercial flight in the world. Air India commander Zoya Aggarwal and her all-woman cockpit crew recently scripted history by operating the world\u2019s longest commercial flight that crossed the North Pole at 34,000 feet in the sky. With 250 passengers on board, the crew of four women captains in the cockpit had the world tracking their every movement in the sky. Women\u2019s empowerment is very close to Zoya\u2019s heart. She says, \u201cPretty much everywhere in the world women are not treated equally \u2013 there is discrimination against women regarding salaries and positions with no explicable reason.\u201dÂ
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\nThis story was originally reported by Tenzin Norzom on 2nd Feb 2021 with edits by Rekha Balakrishnan. Hosted by Julius Sharma!