Nivedita Bhasin

Nivedita Bhasin
Born	1963
Occupation	Commercial pilot
Spouse	Captain Rohit Bhasin

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]} she had commanded Airbus A300 on the Delhi-Kathmandu route to mark International Women's Day.

• She become 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 .

Bhasin is now a Captain on the Airbus A330-200 and is based in New Delhi.

References

1. ^ "Article in The Hindu". Chennai, India. 15 March 2006. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/03/15/stories/2006031500330800.htm. Retrieved September 22, 2006. 
2. ^ "Article in India Today". Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061025213635/http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/itoday/21061999/eyecats.html. Retrieved September 22, 2006. 

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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