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Meet Laxmi Joshi, woman pilot who flew to China as a part of Vande Bharat Mission
Woman Pilot Laxmi Joshi volunteered to fly abroad to rescue the stranded Indians
Author : Samriti Bharadwaj
Laxmi Joshi was among one
of the pilots who volunteered for the Vande Bharat Mission started in May 2020.
The mission was started to move out the stranded Indians in abroad due
to covid.
It was Joshi's childhood
dream to become a pilot. She was only eight-year-old when she first sat in an
airplane. As she grew up she worked hard to achieve her dream.
Joshi revealed in an
interview that her father took a loan for her training. After the two years of
hardship, Joshi got her pilot license. She revealed that her father is one
of her biggest cheerleaders.
During the pandemic, when
the Vande Bharat mission started whose main motto was to rescue the Indians
trapped in abroad, Joshi volunteered to participate in the mission. She
convinced her parents to let her be the part of the mission.
Her first rescue flight
was to Shanghai in China. China was the main hotspot of covid. The rescue team
wore hazmat suits during the procedure. After getting all the passengers back
to India, the passengers gave standing ovation to the crew.
Joshi flew three rescue
flights a month. The pandemic enters in its third stage but the Vande Bharat
mission is still active. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that the mission
has flown 47,839 flights till now. Joshi is receiving appreciations from the
people of the country for her bravery and courage. People are sending her
blessings on social media.