Dk Nadiah Pg Khashiem
Dk Nadiah Pg Khashiem is a Bruneian aviator. On February 23, 2016, she served as first officer, alongside Sharifah Czarena and Sariana Nordin, on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Brunei to Jeddah; the flight was the first in the airline's history to be crewed by an all-female flight crew.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Khashiem initially wanted to be an astronaut. Her father encouraged her to apply for work as a pilot when she was in school. In 2016, she was one of an estimated 4,000 women out of 130,000 pilots worldwide.[3]
On February 23, 2016, Brunei's National Day, Khashiem served as Senior First Officer along with Captain Sharifah Czarena Surainy Syed Hashim and Senior First Officer Sariana Nordin, flying a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Saudi Arabia as the first all-female flight crew for Royal Brunei Airlines.[4][5] The destination of the flight also brought attention to restrictions on women in Saudi Arabia.[3][5][4][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Royal Brunei Airlines' first all-female pilot crew touches down in Saudi Arabia". Stuff. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "Three All-Women Flight Crews Soaring Through the Glass Ceiling". TravelPulse. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lister, Kat (April 20, 2016). "Meet Royal Brunei's first female pilot crew - who land planes in countries where women can't even drive". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Saudi Arabia: All female Brunei crew in historic flight". BBC News. March 15, 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sandhu, Serina (March 15, 2016). "Royal Brunei Airlines' first all-female pilot crew lands plane in Saudi Arabia - where women are not allowed to drive". The Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ "Touchdown: All-female crew lands plane in Saudi Arabia". Dawn. March 16, 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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