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Boeing asks FAA to allow Dreamliner test flights
All Nippon Airways' (ANA) Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner aircraft which made an emergency landing on last Wednesday, is seen through a window of the ANA's Airbus A320 jet, at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan January 19, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Issei Kato
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) has asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for permission to conduct test flights of its 787 Dreamliner, suggesting the company is making progress in finding a solution to the battery problems that grounded the entire 787 fleet last month.
Boeing said it has submitted an application to conduct test flights, confirming a report in the Seattle Times. The newspaper reported that the FAA might grant permission as soon as Monday night, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. The FAA said it is evaluating Boeing's request.
Boeing would test a potential fix for the problem that caused two batteries to burn on 787s last month, the paper said. But passenger flights would still be weeks if not months away, the paper said, citing two sources.
(Reporting By Alwyn Scott; Editing by Gary Hill and Ian Geoghegan)
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Luckily no one has died.
The Dreamline has the capability to generate 1.5 Megawatts of electrical power, far in excess of any other commercial airliner. It is a radical design advancement in aerospace terms.
With radical design comes risk; every major advance in technology carries risk until the product matures having been in service for a period of time.
Being a Project Engineer in the Aerospace Industry I know how pressured designs teams can be to get product to market. There will be Boeing electrical systems engineers who are saying to themselves ‘I knew that we had an issue here’.
This is no time to point a finger however, as this is how technology moves forward; in nervous leaps.
Engineers do a great job; we are the unseen heroes!
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