Dow's Bombardier returns to Midland the week Texas pollution suit looms

Dow flew from Ammons Airport in Wyoming, Michigan, to MBS International in Midland on June 15, a 1-hour-53-minute return to its Michigan headquarters aboard the company's Bombardier CRJ-900, N892D. The aircraft reached 41,025 feet and a top speed of 509.8 knots.

The trip landed the same week the Texas Attorney General's office is pursuing a lawsuit against Dow subsidiary Union Carbide, alleging hundreds of water pollution violations at the Seadrift chemical complex, per a February filing in Travis County District Court [texastribune.com](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/18/texas-lawsuit-dow-chemical-plant-pollution-seadrift-paxton/). Separately, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved an environmental assessment for Dow and X-energy's proposed advanced nuclear reactor at the same Seadrift site, finding no significant impact [corporate.dow.com](https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/news/press-releases/nrc-issues-environmental-assessment-with--finding-of-no-signific.html).

The flight is the latest in a busy pattern for N892D, which has shuttled between Baton Rouge, the Texas Gulf Coast, and Midland repeatedly over the past six weeks. The 90-seat regional jet is unusual for a corporate fleet but is used to move engineering teams between Dow's sprawling chemical plants. This week, those teams have plenty to work on at both ends of the route.