All Women Crew Land in Bengaluru After Historic 17-Hr-Long Flight

Depending on the route it takes, the flight may also traverse 16,000 kilometres.

An all-women team on Saturday, 9 January, piloted the longest non-stop commercial flight from the United States to India. This feat is set to create history, as the inaugural flight left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 pm (local time). It went over the North Pole and took the Atlantic route to Bengaluru. The flight landed at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport at 3:45 am (local time) on Monday, 11 January.

The Air India flight in question was the first direct non-stop flight between the United States and southern India. It is reportedly being operated on a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft and it flew for over 17 hours from San Francisco to Bengaluru, traversing approximately 16,000 kilometers, reported ANI.