{
  "id": 13377989,
  "title": "Like father, like daughter: Pilot, 22, unexpectedly shares flight with both parents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/like-father-like-daughter-pilot-22-unexpectedly-shares-flight-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T09:21:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/like-father-like-daughter-pilot-22-unexpectedly-shares-flight-with-both-parents-1.500705553"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 22-year-old Dutch pilot, Zoe de Bruin, experienced an unprecedented family reunion while flying thousands of feet above the ground. While preparing for a commercial flight from Amsterdam to the Caribbean island of Curaçao, she discovered that both her parents, Michael and Marjan, had been assigned to work on the same flight. Neither parent had planned for their professional lives to intersect in such a way. Zoe's father, Michael, 57, was the aircraft's captain for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, while her mother, Marjan, 56, was serving as a flight attendant, having recently returned to cabin crew duties after a lengthy hiatus from the industry in 2000. The chance alignment of their schedules made this journey a unique occasion, with all three family members carrying out their professional duties together. For Zoe, flying had always been a family ambition, inspired by her father's passion for aviation that she recalls witnessing from a young age. This rare occurrence made for a memorable family experience during their flight from Amsterdam to Curaçao.",
  "summary": "Dubai: A 22-year-old Dutch pilot experienced an extraordinary family reunion thousands of feet above the ground when she discovered that both her parents had been assigned to work on the same flight, without any of them having planned it. Zoe de Bruin was preparing for a commercial flight from Amsterdam to the Caribbean island of Curaçao when she found that her father, Michael, 57, was the…",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}