1. Many firsts

2. Personal life

3. References

4. External links

Nivedita Bhasin (born 1963) of Indian Airlines became the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a commercial jet aircraft on 1 January 1990 at the age of 26.

Capt Nivedita Bhasin piloted IC-492 on the Bombay-Aurangabad-Udaipur sector.

Many firsts

Nivedita joined the Indian Airlines in 1984 and has many firsts to her credit:

• She was the co-pilot on the first all-women crew flight on Fokker Friendship F-27 with Captain Saudamini Deshmukh in command in November 1985 on the Calcutta-Silchar route.
• They also made the first Boeing all-women crew flight in September 1989 on the Mumbai-Goa sector.
• In January 1990 she became the world's youngest commander at the age of 26 on the Boeing aircraft.^[1][2]
• Later, she led the all-women crew of the Boeing flight as commander on the Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam route. She became a commander on Airbus A300, with over 8,100 hours of total flying experience. On 8 March 1999 {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} she had commanded Airbus A300 on the Delhi-Kathmandu route to mark International Women's Day.
• She became India's first woman check-pilot on Airbus A300 aircraft. Nivedita was accorded the Directorate General of Civil Aviation approval as check-pilot on successful completion of stipulated tests and requisite training. The latter involved classroom and field training for operational knowledge, simulator training for flying proficiency, aircraft training for landing/take-off, line flying etc.

Personal life

Nivedita Bhasin was born in 1963 and got her license when she was 18. She is married to Capt Rohit Bhasin, who is a senior commander with Air India, and they have two children, both of whom are pilots.she is passed out from Carmel Convent School.

Bhasin is now a captain on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and is based in New Delhi.

References

External links

• Other Notable FIRSTS
• Taking off with the family
• India Today
• A toast to Indian woman fliers
• Indian women in aviation

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