The captain of the Air India plane that crashed last month switched off the fuel supply to both engines, according to black box recordings cited by the Wall Street Journal.
Weighing under 59 kg, being at least 1m57 tall, and facing dismissal for marriage or turning 32 were among the criteria for flight attendants in the 1940s.
Caught with over 680 kg of cocaine packed into 26 suitcases on their jet, French pilots Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos faced 20-year prison sentences but managed to escape back to France.
