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 RickertJan Hagen and Second Officer Dennis van Trier as his 'Wingmen".
Flight KL705 , stand D47, with a RWY36L departure and operated with a B777200 reg PHBQL.
Backflight KL706 got the same runway for landing, RWY18R , and operated with the B777200 reg PHBQO.
Captain Ben started flying in Oktober 1986 with the following careersteps;
'86 till '88 2nd officer B747, '88 untill '91 Copilot Fokker F28. '91 until '94 Copilot B747400. '94 untill '04 Captain B737. '04 Captain B777. ‘15 Captain B787 &B777.