{"id":1102,"date":"2021-06-21T15:52:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:52:43","slug":"commander-pacho-lands-his-last-flight-for-lam-after-45-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/community\/commander-pacho-lands-his-last-flight-for-lam-after-45-years-of-service","title":{"rendered":"Commander Pacho lands his last flight for LAM after 45 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-mozambique:<\/strong> The commander of Mozambique Airlines (LAM), Bento Pacho, ended his 43-year career as a commercial aviation pilot on Sunday (20 June).<\/p>\n

Captain Pacho\u2019s last flight, TM315, in a Boeing 737-700, departed Pemba, Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country, for the capital, Maputo.<\/p>\n

At Maputo International Airport, Bento Pacho was received by jets of water on the aircraft, launched by the Airport Fire Service, and greeted by personalities including the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Civil Aviation of Mozambique (IACM).<\/p>\n

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Photo: LAM \u2013 Linhas A\u00e9reas de Mo\u00e7ambique on Facebook<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Commander Jo\u00e3o de Abreu collected Bento Pancho\u2019s Navegante T\u00e9cnico insignia, the terminology by which pilots are designated, symbolising the end of a career spanning 28,340 flight hours, 26,516 in LAM aircraft and the rest in the Mozambican Air Force, where he began his career in 1976.<\/p>\n

\u201cComandante Bento Pacho ended his long and proud career as a commercial pilot with joy, precisely on the date he celebrated his 65th birthday,\u201d LAM inscribed on its Facebook page.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommander Pacho\u2019s departure does not worry us, as he leaves an important legacy in the company, in which he taught several colleagues over the 43 years of his career,\u201d Jo\u00e3o Carlos P\u00f3 Jorge, general director of LAM said.<\/p>\n

The head of the national flagship airline also praised the fact that, during \u201chis long journey\u201d at LAM, Commander Pacho spearheaded several social responsibility actions benefiting needy communities in the country and region.<\/p>\n

Bento Pacho said that his retirement represented a mixture of joy and sadness at ceasing, due to his age, to practice skills he still enjoys.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still have the strength to fly, but I will continue to work in other parts of the aviation sector. I thank the Mozambican nation that gave me the privilege of flying within it, my parents, national and foreign instructors, LAM and my family, who endured being alone while I travelled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Photo: LAM \u2013 Linhas A\u00e9reas de Mo\u00e7ambique on Facebook<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During his long career as an aviator, Bento Pacho sat in the cockpit of Boeing 737-200, 737-300, 737-500, 737-700, Fokker 100 and Embraer 190 aircraft, in which he reached the rank of captain, in addition to the McDonnell Douglas DC10 where he was co-pilot and flight engineer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-mozambique: The commander of Mozambique Airlines (LAM), Bento Pacho, ended his 43-year career as a commercial aviation pilot on Sunday (20 June). Captain Pacho\u2019s last flight, TM315, in a Boeing 737-700, departed Pemba, Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country, for the capital, Maputo. 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