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(FAA)-certification test flights recommenced Monday when Dreamliner No. 4 took off Monday from Yuma, Arizona. After updating power system software and vigorous testing, flight readiness had been confirmed for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Plagued with problems based on it’s composition frame and other issues, Dreamliner’s delivery date has been pushed back and back and back. Monday’s fuel jettison test, which incorporated a test on the electronic equipment bay, was successful.
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Boeing says they need the FAA to agree to the fixes and to restart certification test flights.
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Aviation expert and former News 8 reporter weighs in on plane crash
Pete Muntean, who has flown the type of plane that crashed, says investigators will look at three things: the pilot, the airplane and the environment.
