Pakistani Pilot Sisters Create History; Become First Pair To Fly a Boeing 777

Two sisters working as pilots for Pakistani national flag carrier PIA have become the first such pair to fly concurrently the Boeing 777 aircraft, the airlines said

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesman Danyal Gilani said that Maryam Masood and Erum Masood have been flying different planes but finally ended up in the same plane.

"Pilot sisters make history for PIA by flying Boeing 777 concurrently," he tweeted.

Pilot sisters make history for PIA by flying @Boeing 777 concurrently. pic.twitter.com/j68LSQDZ9R

— Danyal Gilani (@Danyal_Gilani) August 30, 2016

He said that there was no known record of two real sisters having flown the same weight category aircraft concurrently.

Erum Masood was recently upgraded to fly a Boeing-777, which resulted in the happy coincidence of joining her sister in the cockpit.