Boeing completes first 787 functional test flight

Credit: Courtesy, Boeing
Boeing conducted a functional check flight Monday on Line number 86, a Boeing-owned production aircraft built for LOT Polish Airlines. The flight was to test the redesign of the 787 lithium ion battery system , which was responsible for two failures that grounded the fleet earlier this year...

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