The first ANA 787, JA805A, will be moved to the ATS Hangar 3 tonight at 7.30pm PST.

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* Elizabeth Lund will become
vice president and general
manager, 767 program,
reporting to Pat Shanahan, vice
president and general manager,
Airplane Programs, Commercial
Airplanes. Lund most recently
was vice president, Product
Development, Commercial
Airplanese.

* Beverly Wyse was named vice
president and general manager,
737 program, also reporting to
Shanahan. She replaces Mark
Jenkins, who recently announced
his retirement after 35 years at
Boeing. Wyse most recently was
vice president and general
manager, 767 program. She will
continue to support the U.S.
tanker program.

* Nicole Piasecki will lead a new
Commercial Airplanes Business
Development function
responsible for the overall
integration of strategic planning
and analysis critical to
maintaining Boeing’s long-term
competitiveness. She previously
was president of Boeing Japan.
* Mike Bair will lead a newly
created Advanced 737 Product
Development team, which will be
responsible for planning the
future of Boeing’s single-aisle
offering. Bair most recently was
vice president, Business Strategy
and Marketing, Commercial
Airplanes.
* Lars Andersen will lead a new
Advanced 777 Product
Development team, which will be
responsible for Boeing’s large
twin-engine, twin-aisle airplane
program. Andersen served in a
number of key roles on the 777
program, culminating in seven
years as vice president and
program manager. He retired in
2007 and returns as a
consultant.

Reading the last entry on Randy’s blog made me go ‘woot!’.
Lars returns !
If you do not know who Lars is, he is truly a catalyst of the Boeing’s 777 program and was the father to the 777-200LR and 777-300ER. In his long tenure at Boeing, he has served in a number of key positions and retired a few years ago as the Program Manager of the 777 program.

Photo by BBC

Let me admit, I have never known Mr. Lars personally or ever met him . But I have great respect towards him as someone who oversaw the development of two of the world’s finest aircraft models ever.

Even more interesting is the position he will overtake – Advanced 777 Product Development .
Although it is yet to be seen whether this is about replacing the entire 777 line or building a new series of models, I am pretty sure Lars will continue to lead the program towards success.

The entire line of appointments, including Mr. Mike’s – yet another highly recognised professional -, in Advanced 737 Product Development, shows that Boeing has decided to step into some aggressive development. Let us wish all the best for future Boeing developments !Similar Posts:

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The aircraft reportedly lost radar contact 45 mins after the departure.
The weather in the area was
OLBA 250300Z 06004KT
030V090 5000 VCTS RA
FEW020CB BKN026 10/06
Q1014 NOSIG

and included light winds, rain and thunderstorms.

It is likely to become the 7th hull loss of a 737-800 in the last 3.5 years.

Lebanese Civil Defense forces, with its three Sikorsky S-61Ns, Lebanese Navy and UNIFIL are expected to jointly carry out the rescue operation.

The last fatal accident of Ethiopian was in 1996, when a 767-200, hijacked by terrorists, ran out of fuel in sea near Comoros.
Await more details.

UPDATE 3:
“ET409 crashed around five mins after takeoff at 2:30am with 83 passengers and nine crew onboard” – Airport Official

UPDATE 4:
Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi : the plane crash site has been determined. It crashed in the sea about 1.5km to the west of Naameh.

UPDATE 5:
Al Arabiya reports that seven survivors have been rescued by the Lebanese army.

UPDATE 6:
Passengers Nationality List as per Ethiopian Airlines press release
23 Ethiopian
51 Lebanese
1 Turkish
1 French
1 British
1 Russian
1 Canadian
1 Syrian
1 Iraqi

UPDATE 7: Reportedly it was learnt via Beirut ATC that the aircraft reached 8000ft ( FL80 ) in around three minutes.

Information is still scarce Keep an eye on major news sources and #ET409 on Twitter.
More info will be updated once AIR receives more info.Crash: Ethiopian Airlines B738 near Beirut on Jan 25 th 2010 , lost height after takeoff and impacted Mediterranean By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Jan 25 th 2010 07 : 48 Z, last updated Monday, Jan 25 th 2010 14 :13 Z An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 , registration ET- ANB performing flight ET-409 from Beirut (Lebanon) to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) with 82 passengers and 8 crew, departed Beirut around 2 :35 L (00 :35 Z) when the airplane lost height and impacted the Mediterranean Sea about 2 nm off the coast of Naameh and about 4 nm southsouthwest of the airport. Lebanon’s Authorities initially reported, they were able to recover 7 survivors, but did not confirm that report later. 21 bodies have been recovered from the Sea. A thunderstorm system was moving into Lebanon at the time. Airport Officials confirmed, the airplane was taking off in stormy weather, and continued, that the airplane has been hit by lightning. Witnesses on the ground at Naameh reported having seen the airplane being hit by multiple lightnings. Aviation sources in Beirut said, that the airplane had reached about 8000 feet of altitude, when the crew requested to turn around a thunderstorm cell just before radio contact was lost. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed the loss of flight ET-409 saying, that they have no information of survivors. An investigation team has been dispatched to the scene. The airline’s press office later reported ET-AMZ being involved in the accident although radar data suggested the airframe involved was ET-ANB. Ethiopian Airlines CEO said in a press conference, that the airplane had been built in 2002 ( editorial note: which rules ET-AMZ out, but confirms ET-ANB) and had been leased from CIT Aerospace in September 2009. The airplane went through maintenance checks last on Dec 25 th 2009 with no technical problems being identified. Ethiopian operated three Boeing 737-800 s: ET-ANA was built in 2001 , ET-ANB was built in 2002 and ET-AMZ was built in 2007. Metars: OLBA 250300 Z 06004 KT 030 V 090 5000 TSSHRA FEW020 CB BKN 026 10 /06 Q1014 NOSIG OLBA 250200 Z 12006 KT 8000 VCTS FEW020 CB BKN026 11 /06 Q1014 NOSIG OLBA 250100 Z VRB03 KT 4000 SHRA FEW020 CB BKN026 12 /07 Q1014 NOSIG OLBA 250000 Z 31008 KT 280 V 340 8000 VCTS FEW020 CB SCT 026 13 /06 Q1014 NOSIG OLBA 242300 Z 32011 KT 300 V 360 8000 FEW020 CB SCT 026 14 /07 Q1014 NOSIG OLBA 242200 Z 32016 KT 7000 FEW020 CB SCT026 FEW 070 14 /07 Q1014 NOSIG OLBA 242100 Z 32013 KT 5000 TSGR FEW020 CB BKN026 13 /08 Q1013 NOSIGSimilar Posts:

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American Airlines flight AA331, operated by a 737-800, has overran the runway 12 at Kingston Airport, Jamaica ( KIN/MKJP ). There is heavy rain in the area at the moment. The aircraft has reportedly broken into two. There have been 145pax and 7 crew onboard. The aircraft is apparently N977AN, a 2001 vintage one.

METAR : MKJP 230600Z
19003KT 55000 RA
BKN014 BKN090 20/18
Q1012

Update 1 : No casualties reported so far. It is reported that the aircraft has NOT broken into two pieces and came into a safe stop. However this cannot be confirmed yet.

Update 2 :

The above satellite image of the airport shows how limited space the pilot had to work with.
Image courtesy Hummingbird and Google Maps

Jamaican TV reports that the plane has broken three pieces .

Update 3:
AA331 Flight Details

Washington/DCA ETD1530
Left the gate at 1537, Take off at 1556
Miami/MIA ETA1810
Arrived at 1826
Miami/MIA ETD1925
Left the gate at 2022, Take off at 2052
Kingston/KIN ETA2110
Estimated at 2227

As you can see from the details above, the aircraft left DCA ontime, however has incurred a delay of 87 minutes at MIA. It is not clear whether this delay was a maintenance related issue or not.
Anyone who believes they have
family members or friends
aboard Flight 331 may contact
American Airlines at the
following toll-free numbers:
(800) 245-0999 for calls
originating in the United States;
(800) 872-2881 for calls
originating in Jamaica. Family
members from other locations
outside the U.S. may contact
American through the AT&T
Direct Access system. Callers
should dial the local AT&T Access
telephone number, which can be
found at www.usa.att.com/
traveler, for the country from
which they are calling. Once in
the AT&T system, callers can then
dial American toll-free at (800)
245-0999. Family members in
Canada, Puerto Rico, or the U.S.
Virgin islands can call the (800)
245-0999 number directly. Non-
family members are asked not to
call those numbers so the lines
can be kept available for those
who truly need them.
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Here are some photos from her first flight.

Photo by Gordon Werner

Photo by Gordon Werner

Photo by Gordon Werner

[ Yes, it had landed with the landing gear doors open - not stowed ]

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Photo by sabian404

Many had questioned about the open landing gear doors – on which FlightBlogger has got a nice explanation !Similar Posts:

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Photo by Jeremy Lindgren

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The Boeing 787 – the decade’s most anticipated commercial airliner – will take flight at 10AM PST ( 1800 GMT ) today.
It will take off from the famous “Paine Field” and will land at “Boeing Field”, Seattle after a 4-5hr flight.
787 program Chief Pilot Mike Carriker will be piloting the first flight. The first flight today will see the launch of a rigorous flight test program that will last around nine months.
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Boeing has just officially confirmed that the 787 first flight window opens on 15th December at 10am.
Analysis on side-of-body reinforcement is now completed and validated. Final gauntlet testing on ZA001, which ran for two days, is now complete as well.
The side-of-body modification on ZA001, ZA002 and ZA003 is now complete.

Current weather forecast for 15th Dec looks as follows -
44F-38F / Cloudy/ Rain possible.

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ANA’s Boeing 787. Isn’t it nice to see a fleet of a new built aircraft ?

Excellent capture by moonm .

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This “light” livery will save both time and expense to Boeing and will remain so until the end of the flight-test program.

The following photos are by paulycoug92 .

That face, which made a million smiles, is back

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