Boeing Dreamliner draws outline of itself over US, sending internet into a frenzy
The Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner made an 18-hour-long trip from Seattle and back
Records show that the Dreamliner is registered to the Boeing Corporation. PHOTO COURTESY: Flightaware.com
Aviation geeks who switched on their favourite flight-tracking apps on Thursday were thrilled to find that a Boeing plane had drawn its own shape over the United States as it completed an 18-hour flight from Seattle and back.
The Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner took off from Seattle on Wednesday afternoon and flew about 2,000 miles to Marquette, Michigan. It then immediately turned back and flew southwest to South Dakota, cruised for a while and headed south toward Nevada.
As avid plane watchers turned to flight tracking apps to figure out what was going on with the plane and its odd itinerary, it became clear that the pilot was drawing the Boeing’s outline in the sky.
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Memes were floated.
Records show that the Dreamliner is registered to the Boeing Corporation. According to The Washington Post, Boeing representatives did not immediately return an email request for comment Thursday morning.
However, an NBC News producer said on Twitter that Boeing had confirmed the flight.
The company has been known for getting creative on mandatory test flights for new planes before. Earlier this year, pilots testing a new Boeing 737 MAX plane flew more than 3,400 miles to write “MAX” over Washington state and Montana.
According to Flightradar24, a site that tracks live air traffic globally, unusual flight patterns are not uncommon. The reasons for such patterns can include pilots conducting aerial surveys, calibrating instrument landing systems, holding for airport congestion, avoiding bad weather or just having fun sometimes.
The plane finally descended after an almost 18-hour-long flight on Thursday morning.
The Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner took off from Seattle on Wednesday afternoon and flew about 2,000 miles to Marquette, Michigan. It then immediately turned back and flew southwest to South Dakota, cruised for a while and headed south toward Nevada.
As avid plane watchers turned to flight tracking apps to figure out what was going on with the plane and its odd itinerary, it became clear that the pilot was drawing the Boeing’s outline in the sky.
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Memes were floated.
Records show that the Dreamliner is registered to the Boeing Corporation. According to The Washington Post, Boeing representatives did not immediately return an email request for comment Thursday morning.
However, an NBC News producer said on Twitter that Boeing had confirmed the flight.
The company has been known for getting creative on mandatory test flights for new planes before. Earlier this year, pilots testing a new Boeing 737 MAX plane flew more than 3,400 miles to write “MAX” over Washington state and Montana.
According to Flightradar24, a site that tracks live air traffic globally, unusual flight patterns are not uncommon. The reasons for such patterns can include pilots conducting aerial surveys, calibrating instrument landing systems, holding for airport congestion, avoiding bad weather or just having fun sometimes.
The plane finally descended after an almost 18-hour-long flight on Thursday morning.