After a career of 37 years and 8 months Captain Ben Suurland made his final flight due to retirement at KLM.

Final retourflight to Rio de Janeiro and back Amsterdam.

Captain Ben got assisted by First Officer Rickert-Jan Hagen and Second Officer Dennis van Trier as his ‘Wingmen”.

Flight KL705 , stand D47, with a RWY36L departure and operated with a B777-200 reg PHBQL.

Backflight KL706 got the same runway for landing, RWY18R , and operated with the B777-200 reg PHBQO.

Captain Ben started flying in Oktober 1986 with the following careersteps;

– 1986 till 1988 2nd officer B747,

-1988 untill 1991 Co-pilot Fokker F-28.

-1991 until 1994 Co-pilot B747-400.

-1994 untill 2004 Captain B737.

-2004 Captain B777.

-2015 Captain B787 &B777.

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