Dow lands back in Midland the week of a leadership handoff

Dow flew from Midland to Midland on June 8, a 7-minute, 625-foot-high loop that returned N892D, the company's Bombardier CRJ-900, to its home base with no real distance traveled — likely a maintenance check or crew maneuver. The brief circuit lands the same week the company is finalizing its leadership transition: CEO Jim Fitterling will become Executive Chair on July 1, and Chief Operating Officer Karen Carter will take over as Chief Executive Officer, per a Dow press release from April [corporate.dow.com](https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/news/press-releases/dow-chair-and-ceo-jim-fitterling-to-become-executive-chair--kare.html).

The shuttle pattern is familiar: N892D has made multiple trips between Baton Rouge and the Texas Gulf Coast in recent weeks, moving engineering teams between Dow's sprawling chemical plants. But this flight stayed close to headquarters — a reminder that even a global industrial giant occasionally just needs to turn the engines over on the ramp.