Last Flight of Captain Steven Verhagen @ KLM

Captain Steven Verhagen made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A very special occasion because of the medical circumstances. Steven’s retirementflight got operated by captain Paul Driessen, first officer Ruud van der Wal and second officer Mark Brinkman as his ‘Wingmen’. The cabincrew got leaded by senior purser Petra Hop. A last flight heading for destination San José – Costa Rica. Flight KL759,AMS-SJO , stand E6. Planned for RWY18L but got a runwaychange to RWY24. After the pushback a hydraulic issue appeared and so they needed to get back to the gate. After the technicians solved the problem […]
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Last Flight of Captain Bouke Rypma @ KLM

Cpt Bouke made his final flight due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL741 with special callsign ‘Bouke-01’ , from Cartagena heading to Amsterdam. CTG-AMS Captain Bouke got 3 ‘Wingmen’ with him to perform this remarkable flight. First Officers Onno Veltkamp & Bart Stopel and Second Officer Swayze Raj De Heij. And mentioning Cabin Attendant CA I Natalie Ritte. This flight got a landing on RWY06, Kaagbaan, and was operated with the B789 Dreamliner reg PH-BHD KL741// CTG-AMS, Cartagena-Amsterdam.     Videostills…………  
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Last Flight of CA Marilou Higareda Rivera @ KLM

Cabin attendant Marilou made her last flight due to retirement at KLM. While she did’nt know about it, daughter Sophia arranged to get her filmed. The wonderful thing is Marilou’s origin as Mexican and her final flight was a ‘MEX flight’ to Mexico City. This flight was operated by cockpitcrew captain Marcus Bitterling, first officer Ben Fukur and second officer Marcel Wouda Flight KL685 with a RWY18L departure and captured at the last moment during her takeoffroll. KL685 was operated with the B789 Dreamliner reg PH-BHL. Backflight KL686 , callsign KLM72-Yankee, got a RWY06 landing and was operated with the […]
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