FINANCIAL TIMES: Boeing has proposed permanent fixes to the lithium-ion batteries of its grounded flagship Dreamliner, as it struggles to get the passenger jet back in the air following a global grounding of the fleet last month. Ray Conner, commercial aircraft chief executive, held “a productive meeting” on Friday with Michael Huerta, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing said.
The company was “encouraged by the progress being made towards resolving the issue and returning the 787 to flight”. The FAA said it was “reviewing Boeing’s proposal and will analyse it closely”.
But it warned it must first be “confident that any proposed solution has addressed the battery failure risks”… (more)
