|
| The Federal Aviation Administration says it is not close to
| approving test flights of Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner with
| a proposed Boeing fix for the aircraft's lithium-ion
| batteries.
|
| The agency was responding to a Wall Street Journal report
| Tuesday that federal regulators have been working to give
| Chicago-based Boeing Co. the OK for airborne tests of
| proposed battery fixes as early as next week, though the
| actual test flights aren't likely to come that quickly. The
| newspaper cited unnamed sources familiar with the details.
|
| "Reports that we are close to allowing 787 test flights are
| completely inaccurate," spokeswoman Laura Brown said in an
| email statement to the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday.
| ...
http://www.suntimes.com/business/18509916-420/faa-denies-report-that-boeing-787-fix-test-flights-near.html

--bks