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FAA clears Boeing battery fix, ending 787 flight ban

787 Dreamliner Battery - Reuters

The Federal Aviation Administration gave formal approval on Thursday for a new lithium-ion battery system for Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner, ending a three-month ban and clearing airlines to fly the plane with passengers again.

 

Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery

Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion batteries on five grounded 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly again in about a week.

 

Overcharged batteries eyed in Boeing 787 fires

Beoing 787

It's likely that burning lithium ion batteries on two Boeing 787 Dreamliners were caused by overcharging, aviation safety and battery experts said Friday, pointing to developments in the investigation of the Boeing incidents as well as a battery fire in a business jet more than a year ago.

 

Boeing Plans Dreamliner Flight by Year’s End

Boeing Plans Dreamliner Flight by Year’s End

Boeing said it would record a pretax charge of $2.5 billion in the third quarter because of the Dreamliner’s delays.

 

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