Two female pilots in Dubai Police begin air missions

Dubai: Two female pilots from Dubai Police have begun carrying out air missions after completing their training in the Air Wing.

The director of the Air Wing Centre, Pilot Trainer Colonel Ali Al Muhairi, said Dubai Police encourages and empowers women to work in various disciplines, including aviation.

He said Lieutenant-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of the Police, directed the recruitment of talented female personnel and their inclusion in the Dubai Police Air Wing.

He said Dana Al Mazmi and Mahra Bin Hammad joined Dubai Police in 2019 and graduated from the “Horizon” Aviation Academy in 2020. Qualified to undertake operations, they were assigned tasks such as air patrols specialised in transmitting live images to the Command and Control Room in Dubai Police, transporting injured people from accident sites to hospitals, search and rescue missions for lost people, whether in the desert, wilderness, mountains or the sea, besides transporting specialised teams such as security and medical evacuation.

Pilot Mahra bin Hammad said: “We work today in the Air Wing of Dubai Police and we are all proud of what women have achieved.”