ZIM ENGINEER IN UK SPOTLIGHT

A Zimbabwean female engineer with British Airways is inspiring other women to fix jets in the UK. Tsungi Maruta, 22, told the Evening Stan...

A Zimbabwean female engineer with British Airways is inspiring other women to fix jets in the UK.

Tsungi Maruta, 22, told the Evening Standard that she fell in love with aircraft from the age of five when her mother, Violet was regularly flying between London and the family home in Harare.

After moving to the UK with her family at six, Tsungi was in sixth-form college in 2016 when the airline opened its apprenticeship scheme.

Tsungi speaks to scores of female students from several West London schools invited to Heathrow’s engineering facility ( British Airways )  “I’m a big believer in passion and if you’ve got it, it will sustain your dreams,” she added. “It helps to just keep going and never take no for an answer. “I didn’t have role model when I was growing up. Whatever stereotypes there are of a ‘BA engineer’, as a 5ft 2ins woman I challenge them all. “So it’s all about visibility to encourage more women to join. “Entering a male dominated world can be daunting but for me it’s been very positive. “The guys I work with are really supportive and make me feel part of the team. I think my presence has had a positive impact on the men I work with too.” Tsungi of Ealing,