FAA allows Boeing to ferry one 787 to Everett
For Thursday’s trip, which is not a commercial flight, the crew will have to perform “a number of inspections to verify that the batteries and cables show no signs of damage,” the FAA said.
Bloomberg News
NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman
Boeing’s grounded 787 Dreamliner will fly Thursday for the first time in three weeks after U.S. officials approved a one-time permit to ferry a plane to Everett from Texas.
The trip isn’t a commercial flight, and the only people aboard will be those needed for operation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
The plane must fly directly to Boeing’s Everett plant from Fort Worth, where it was being painted for China Southern Airlines.
Investigators are still “weeks away” from determining what caused battery failures on the 787, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday.
The jets have been grounded since Jan. 16 after a fire on one and an emergency landing by another.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declined to give a timetable Wednesday for deciding on Boeing’s request to resume test flights.
The trip isn’t a commercial flight, and the only people aboard will be those needed for operation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
The plane must fly directly to Boeing’s Everett plant from Fort Worth, where it was being painted for China Southern Airlines.
Investigators are still “weeks away” from determining what caused battery failures on the 787, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday.
The jets have been grounded since Jan. 16 after a fire on one and an emergency landing by another.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declined to give a timetable Wednesday for deciding on Boeing’s request to resume test flights.
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