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    What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
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Watch: Air India’s longest flight, operated by women pilots, lands in Bengaluru from San Francisco

The all-women cockpit crew, which had covered a distance of 16,000 kms, witnessed a grand welcome at Bengaluru airport.

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Jan 13, 2021 · 09:57 am
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With four women pilots, Air India's longest direct route flight landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru (Karnataka) from San Francisco, flying over North Pole & covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometres.

(Video Credits: ANI) pic.twitter.com/o7RpNlLAvf

— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) January 11, 2021

All-women Air India pilot team scripts history by flying world's longest air route of about 16,000 kilometres. They flew from San Francisco to Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru over North Pole.@airindiain @MoCA_GoI @HardeepSPuri @NCWIndia @BLRAirport #ZoyaAgarwal pic.twitter.com/tD4DDFLSqa

— India Ahead News (@IndiaAheadNews) January 11, 2021
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