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787 Dreamliner Could Mean Big Things For Africa's 'Air Wars'

Gregory Warner — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:06:00 +0000

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And I'm Audie Cornish. The Dreamliner is coming back. FAA regulators have approved a fix for the Boeing Dreamliner 787, which was grounded around the world out of safety concerns. The first redesigned plane could retake to the skies as soon as this weekend out of Ethiopia. NPR's Gregory Warner explains what the world's most modern aircraft means to the cradle of humanity.

GREGORY WARNER, BYLINE: You know a sector is hot when it gets its own trade magazine.

NTSB Wraps Up Hearings On Boeing's 787 Battery Issues

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:16:00 +0000

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Investigators still do not know exactly why there was a battery fire on a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 jet back in January. On the concluding day of a National Transportation Safety Board hearing, officials did conclude that the original tests of the battery were in adequate.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

WENDY KAUFMAN, BYLINE: The worldwide fleet of Boeing 787s - that has been grounded for three months - will soon be returning to passenger service.

Those jets will have newly designed batteries - housed in a fire proof containment box.

NTSB Grills Boeing, FAA Over 787 Battery Failures

Scott Neuman — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:06:00 +0000

Update at 10:50 a.m. ET: Boeing to resume deliveries of 787s

Boeing, which had delivered about 50 of its new passenger aircraft before battery failures in January grounded the plane, says it will resume deliveries to airline customers in early May, The Associated Press reports.

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney says the new battery setup has been installed on 10 787s that belong to airlines, and on nine more that have been built but not delivered. "The bulk" of airline-owned 787s will get the battery fix by mid-May, he's quoted by the AP as saying.

FAA OKs Boeing's 787 Battery Fix

Scott Neuman — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:21:00 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved changes to the design of the Boeing 787's battery system — the first step toward returning the grounded aircraft to service.

The approximately 50 787 "Dreamliners" delivered to airlines worldwide were grounded in January after incidents involving overheating problems in lithium-ion batteries.

"A team of FAA certification specialists observed rigorous tests we required Boeing to perform and devoted weeks to reviewin

FAA Orders Inspection Of Boeing 737s

Scott Neuman — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:32:00 +0000

Federal aviation officials have ordered that more than 1,000 Boeing 737s be examined to see if a key part on the plane's tail section needs to be replaced, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued the airworthiness directive for a pin that holds the 737's horizontal stabilizer to the rest of the tail, to see if it is in danger of failing prematurely.