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A Marysville escape last year highlighted lapses in procedures, which allowed a prisoner to walk out and remain free for 2 days before anyone even noticed. By Rikki King Herald Writer
MARYSVILLE — Inmate Rhyan Vasquez simply slipped away. The 19-year-old walked through an unlocked door. He took the stairs, and moments later, he was free from the Marysville city jail. That wa s Sept. 22. For 44 hours — nearly two days — no one at the jail noticed he was gone. That’s because jail staff had stopped Rhyan Vasquez doing head counts, an internal investigation found. Vasquez’ absence was discovered only when a public defender showed up on Sept. 24, and custody staff couldn’t find his client. Police caught up with Vasquez two days later. “This escape should have never happened,” Police Chief Rick Smith said in a recent interview. An internal investigation by the Marysville Police Department found widespread complacency in the jail, in addition to negligence by the officer who was distracted during the escape, See ESCAPE, Page A6
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The first test flight of a Boeing 777 in 1994. The first 777 flight with paying passengers took place in 1995, for United Airlines.
BOEING’S STEADY, STURDY
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Tested by time and still flying strong, the workhorse of international passenger service has dominated for two decades — so what’s next?
EVERETT — On June 7, 1995, a United Airlines Boeing 777, tail number N777UA, took off from London headed for Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. Twenty years later, that same plane is still flying transAtlantic routes for United. Since its introduction, Boeing’s 777 has come to dominate long-haul flying and is one of the most commercially successful twin-aisle airplane programs in the world. The airplane has no direct competitor in service, though that is changing. New airplanes from Airbus and even Boeing have cut into the 777’s market share, prompting Boeing to develop a largely new successor airplane, the 777X, rather than make another
derivative. Similar market conditions in the 1980s led Boeing to develop the original 777, a process which also changed how the company designs and produces new airplanes. After entering service in 1995, the 777 quickly took the lead over the competition. While it incorporated the latest technologies, the airplane was not a technological or design leap like the 707 or 747. Success came from reliable performance and the fact Boeing bet correctly on two trends: increasingly reliable jet engines and the growing market for belly cargo on passenger flights. See 777, Page A4
By Dan Catchpole, Herald Writer
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