João Pimentel

João Pimentel is the director of Coriscolândia, a daycare center in Ponta Delgada, Azores. He was recently in the news due to a controversy over the launch of biodegradable balloons from the daycare, which led to the temporary closure of airspace in the region and a series of flight delays. Pimentel expressed surprise over the incident, stating that the balloon release, which has been a tradition for nearly 20 years to celebrate the end of the school year, was communicated in advance to the relevant air navigation authorities.