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Captain Zoya Agarwal (@CaptainZoya) led an all-female crew for a record-breaking @AirIndia.in flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru over the North Pole to celebrate International Women’s Day in January 2021. Her interview and life story is part of the @SFOMuseum collection through the Museum’s Oral History Program and serves to inspire future generations of girls and women to follow their dreams.
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