3 young Malaysian women pursue their dream of becoming pilots

Malaysia Airlines female cadet pilots (from left) Foo, Hidayah, and Wang, posing inside the cockpit of a 737-800, the aircraft that they are being trained to fly.

Three young women, looking smart in their cadet pilot uniform, walked confidently towards us at Hangar 5 of the Malaysia Airlines Engineering Complex in Sepang, Selangor.

There are not many female pilots in the world, but the trio took their chance and broke traditional gender stereotypes to pursue their dream of flying.