Yet another proud moment for Mumbai when Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot became the world’s first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA). Aarohi Pandit achieved the feat around midnight Monday-Tuesday (May 13-14) when she landed her tiny aircraft at Iqaluit Airport in Canada, after a gruelling 3,000 km long flight, under adverse and extreme weather conditions following take-off from Wick, Scotland (United Kingdom), with brief stopovers in Greenland and Iceland. In above image the Indian flag was presented to Aarohi Pandit by the Indian Ambassador to Canada Vikas Swarup. (Photo: WE Expedition)
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