Aircraft circles the globe; feat comes ahead of International Women’s Day In a quest to set a new world record, Air India has operated a flight around the world with an all-woman crew ahead of International Women’s Day. The flight, which departed from here on February 27 for San Francisco, landed at the Indira Gandhi International airport on Friday after flying across the globe. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200LR, flew over the Pacific on its journey to San Francisco, while the return flight flew over the Atlantic, encircling the globe, Air India sources said.

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