Air India has grabbed eyeballs yet again, but this time, it's thankfully for the right reasons.
The national carrier has now set a new world record by successfully completing the first around - the - world flight from New Delhi to San Francisco with an all - female crew.
The Boeing 777 flight was piloted by Captains Sunita Narula, Kshamta Bajpai, Indira Singh and Gunjan Aggarwal. The all - women cabin crew was led by Seema Baberwal and Nishrin Bandulwala. Simultaneous operations were conducted by women staff of various other departments - - check - in staff, medical, customer care staff, air traffic control and ground operations. This also included a line operation safety audit that was monitored by Harpreet Singh, the first female officer on an around - the - world trip.