On Gaya-Delhi flight, elderly woman notices woman pilot in cockpit; her reaction is 'unmissable'

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, November 18

An elderly woman, who was flying from Gaya to Delhi, was stunned to find out a woman pilot in the cockpit earlier this week. Surprising, isn’t it?

The woman pilot, Hana Khan, shared this story in a post on the microblogging website. Her story, of course, left Twitter talking.

The commercial pilot was on duty on a Delhi-Gaya-Delhi flight on November 15. It was a normal day until an elderly woman passenger wished to check out the cockpit of the flight.

The woman went to the cockpit, and found Hana Khan inside, and couldn’t resist herself from saying, in Haryanvi accent, “Oi yahan to chorri baithi (A girl is sitting here)!”

Undoubtedly, this left everyone laughing.

In a series of tweets, Hana Khan shared this incident.

“Did a Delhi-Gaya-Delhi flight today. An elderly lady wanted to look into the cockpit & when she saw me, she exclaimed in an haryanvi accent, “Oi yahan to chorri baithi!” Could not stop laughing,” read Hana khan’s post.

“Also. This was when we landed back in Delhi in case you all wonder,” she concluded.

Hana Khan’s post has over 15,000 ‘likes’ and around 1,000 re-tweets.

The comment section was flooded with their supportive messages.