SEATAC, Wash. — Two Boeing 787 Dreamliners took off Tuesday afternoon from Seattle-Tacoma Airport, including the one grounded Monday by a mechanical problem.
Chopper 7 video showed the ANA 787 scheduled to fly Tuesday as part of the new daily Seattle-Tokyo service leaving the gate, going through a ceremonial arch of water sprayed by fire engines and then taking off around 2 p.m. Soon after, the Dreamliner that was to have left on Monday took off.
The Dreamliner that landed Monday morning took its passengers to a terminal gate and prepared for its afternoon departure back to Tokyo before the delay was announced late Monday afternoon.
A number of airline, Boeing and Port of Seattle officials were on hand on Monday to celebrate daily service with the 787 on the Seattle-Tokyo route event.
ANA was Boeing's launch customer for the new fuel-efficient widebody twinjet. The airline started the Seattle-Tokyo route in July, using a Boeing 777.
KIRO
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/DV3D5PBQIZFEPANBGDDAZHIA5I.jpg)
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/03-07-2024/t_a04eea43993e4d4a91177d329640b460_name_Tran_6p_Everett_Woman_homicide_LL_pkg_frame_22938.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/TPRYVPUEEVAUXG5T2JQYMRZBGM.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/NYVRWY47SFB65FDAQYA23H7SPQ.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/Z2YSIUIXHZFFJJXMPIWAQJNF2M.jpeg)