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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Has Taken Its Battery Certification Flight

Posted by timothy on from the could-barely-lift-all-those-AAs dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Boeing just flew the flight it needed to certify the improved battery housing on its 787 Dreamliner, whose battery woes have marred the next generation plane's launch. Here is Flight Aware's live data map, showing the path of BOE272, the test flight from Friday afternoon. On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that the 787's recertification flight was pending. A Boeing news release stated yesterday that the '...flight departed from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. at 10:39 a.m. Pacific with a crew of 11 onboard, including two representatives from the FAA. The airplane flew for 1 hours and 49 minutes, landing back at Paine Field at 12:28 p.m. Pacific.'"

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  1. Re:No way! by Hamsterdan · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know walking is slower than flying :)

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    I've got better things to do tonight than die.
  2. Re:They still don't know the cause... by sribe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, hey, how are they supposed to ever figure out the cause if they can't put them all back in the air and get a few more instances to analyze? ;-)