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Boeing Takes Up Another 787, But Not For Battery Fix Certification
The routine 787-8 test flight took off from Paine Field Monday morning and was scheduled for two hours.
A Boeing 787-8 took off from Paine Field in Everett Monday for a routine, two-hour test flight unrelated to the battery issues the company has been dealing with in recent weeks.
Boeing hopes soon to certify with the FAA during test flights a solution to the smoking battery issues that have taken the big new jetliner out of service.
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Boeing late this morning posted the following on Twitter:
“787 Line #86 departed Paine Field for routine test flight. Battery certification demo flight to occur in coming days.”
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One of the two final assembly plants for the 787, of course, is at Boeing Everett.
You can follow the flight on here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE272.
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