Boeing engineering and maintenance teams staged at locations around the world Friday began battery modifications to get airlines’ fleets of 787 Dreamliners, grounded since January, back in service.
Those “airplane on the ground” teams began their work as the Federal Aviation Administration Friday afternoon approved Boeing’s plan to improve the safety of lithium ion batteries aboard the 787 Dreamliners.
The FAA, and airline safety authorities around the world had grounded the twin-engine composite-bodied planes in mid-January after two incidents. In those incidents, 787 lithium batteries overheated and melted down, but caused no casualties to passengers or crew members.
Those …