Boeing on Wednesday pushed back the first test flight of its new 787 Dreamliner to a range of mid-November to mid-December, about three months later than originally planned, as it struggles with ...
said in a joint statement. “The traveling public’s safety is our highest priority,” LaHood and Huerta continued. “These test flights will be an important part of our efforts to ensure the safety of ...
Boeing is stepping-up the pace of 787 testing following the first flight of the sixth and final dedicated test aircraft on Oct. 4. ZA006 is the second General Electric GEnx-1B-powered 787. It flew for ...
The FAA’s decision to take the 787 out of flight in January followed the fire that was sparked by a lithium-ion battery and a separate incident in which smoke was seen in-flight on another airplane ...