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CHICAGO, IL - MAY 20: A United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner is prepared for a flight at O'Hare International Airport after it arrived from Houston with United CEO Jeff Smisek, Boeing Company CEO Jim McNerney and more than 250 other passengers on board May 20, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The flight was the first passenger flight for the Boeing Dreamliner since it was grounded for electrical problems in January. CHICAGO, IL - MAY 20: A United Air
CHICAGO, IL - MAY 20: Workers check out the cockpit of a United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner after it arrived at O'Hare International Airport from Houston May 20, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The flight was the first passenger flight for the Boeing Dreamliner since it was grounded for electrical problems in January. CHICAGO, IL - MAY 20: Workers check
CHICAGO, IL - MAY 20: Crew members greet a United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner after it pulls up to a gate at O'Hare International Airport after taking off from Houston with United CEO Jeff Smisek, Boeing Company CEO Jim McNerney and more than 250 other passengers on board May 14, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The flight was the first passenger flight for the Boeing Dreamliner since it was grounded for electrical problems in January. CHICAGO, IL - MAY 20: Crew members
A United Airlines' Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner plane approaches to land at New Tokyo international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, on its flight from Los Angeles in this January 17, 2013 file photo. United Continental's Boeing 787 Dreamliner returned to the skies on May 20, 2013, taking off from Houston on the first flight after a worldwide grounding of the planes in mid-January. A United Airlines' Boeing Co's 787
Jeff Smisek, Chairman, President and CEO, United Airlines, left, and Jim McNerney, Chairman and CEO, The Boeing Company, pose for photographers after the pair arrived on United Airlines Flight # 1, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from, Houston, Texas, at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Monday, May 20, 2013. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. Jeff Smisek, Chairman, President an
Jim McNerney, Chairman and CEO, The Boeing Company, arrives on United Airlines Flight # 1, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from Houston, Texas, at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Monday, May 20, 2013. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. Jim McNerney, Chairman and CEO, The
A newly delivered Boeing 787 Dreamliner touches down at the Haneda International airport in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Boeing had resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft to ANA, suspended since January after the air plane was grounded globally because of overheated battery problems. A newly delivered Boeing 787 Dreaml
Employees of All Nippon Airways (ANA) queue in front of the company's Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane after its test flight at Haneda airport in Tokyo in this April 28, 2013 file photo. Boeing Co. resumed deliveries of its high-tech 787 Dreamliner jet May 14, 2013, ending a period of nearly four months in which it was unable to provide new planes to customers because of safety concerns about the battery system. Picture taken April 28, 2013. Employees of All Nippon Airways (AN
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Everett 787 Factory is shown in this April 29, 2013 photo released on May 9, 2013. Gail Hanusa/Boeing/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) NO SALES. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Everett 7
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is surrounded by employees and special guests during its world premiere outside the Boeing assembly plant in Everett, Washington, in this July 8, 2007 file photo. For years, aerospace manufacturers have vied to produce lavish rollouts to show off their latest aerodynamic creations. The showbiz end of the industry is seen as an important step in the marketing of a new plane, demonstrating to airline buyers and aerospace investors that an aircraft's metamorphosis from designer's imagination to real flying machine is complete. Picture taken July 8, 2007. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft
A Japan Airlines (JAL) airplane flies over an All Nippon Airways' (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane after its test flight at Haneda airport in Tokyo April 28, 2013. Japan Airlines Co Ltd said on Tuesday the grounding of Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner from mid-January to May will cut an estimated 4 billion yen ($40.75 million) from its operating profit. Picture taken April 28, 2013. A Japan Airlines (JAL) airplane fli
FILE - In this Sunday, April 28, 2013 file photo, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner of the All Nippon Airways prepares to land after a test flight at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo. United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding embarrassed Boeing, which makes the 787, and disrupted schedules at the eight airlines that were flying the planes. United's first 787 flight was scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013 from Houston to Chicago. FILE - In this Sunday, April 28, 20
Members of Boeing Aircraft-on-Ground team work on the fuselage of an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 inside the ANA's maintenance hangar at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Sunday, April 28, 2013. The Japanese airline successfully conducted its first test flight of another Boeing 787 aircraft Sunday since battery problems grounded the planes earlier this year. Members of Boeing Aircraft-on-Groun
Boeing Aircraft-on-Ground team technician David Brask explains about the new battery system for Boeing 787 to the media as he stands in front of its engine inside the ANA's maintenance hangar at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Sunday, April 28, 2013. The Japanese airline successfully conducted its first test flight of another Boeing 787 aircraft Sunday since battery problems grounded the planes earlier this year. Boeing Aircraft-on-Ground team tech
Boeing Aircraft On Ground (AOG) team members work on All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 at the hanger after the dreamliner's test flight at the Haneda International airport in Tokyo on April 28, 2013. A Dreamliner test flight with top Boeing and All Nippon Airways' executives aboard took off from a Tokyo airport Sunday, the carrier said, three months after the worldwide fleet of 787s was grounded. Boeing Aircraft On Ground (AOG) tea
Boeing Aircraft On Ground (AOG) team member David Brask (L) arranges improved Boeing 787 batteries, inside the All Nippon Airways hanger after the dreamliner's test flight at the Haneda International airport in Tokyo on April 28, 2013. A Dreamliner test flight with top Boeing and All Nippon Airways' executives aboard took off from a Tokyo airport, the carrier said, three months after the worldwide fleet of 787s was grounded. Boeing Aircraft On Ground (AOG) tea
President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Ray Conner speaks during a press conference after a test flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Tokyo, Sunday, April 28, 2013. Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) conducted its first test flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Sunday since planes were grounded in mid-January after incidents with smoldering batteries occurred aboard two different planes, leading to hundreds of canceled flights and revenue losses. President and CEO of Boeing Commerc
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Connor and All Nippon Airways Group President and Chief Executive Shinichiro Ito (R) disembark from an All Nippon Airways' (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane after a test flight at Haneda airport in Tokyo April 28, 2013. ANA, the Japanese launch customer for Boeing Co's 787, flew its first Dreamliner in more than three months on Sunday to test reinforced batteries installed by the U.S. aircraft maker. The ANA flight was the second by an airline since aviation regulators on Friday gave permission for 787 operations to restart after batteries on two of them overheated in mid-January, and ANA plans to conduct at least 230 test flights through May before resuming commercial operations. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief E
Boeing President and CEO Ray Conner speaks during his press conference after boarding the test flight of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 at the Haneda International airport in Tokyo on April 28, 2013. A Dreamliner test flight with top Boeing and All Nippon Airways chiefs aboard landed at a Tokyo airport, three months after the global fleet of 787s was grounded, as airlines seek to reassure passengers the planes are safe. Boeing President and CEO Ray Conner
A All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 taxies for taking off for its test flight at the Haneda International airport in Tokyo on April 28, 2013. A Dreamliner test flight with top Boeing and All Nippon Airways' executives aboard took off from a Tokyo airport, the carrier said, three months after the worldwide fleet of 787s was grounded. A All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 7
Boeing Co.'s chief engineer Michael Sinnett speaks during a press conference on Boeing 787 jets in Tokyo, Saturday, April 27, 2013. Sinnett said Saturday that changes to the lithium-ion battery system are fully sufficient to ensure the aircraft's safety, although the company has been unable to find the cause of the original battery failures earlier this year that led to groundings of the plane worldwide since mid-January. Boeing Co.'s chief engineer Michael
Mike Sinnett, US aircraft giant Boeing vice president and the chief project engineer on the Boeing 787 speaks to the press at the company's Tokyo office on April 27, 2013. Japanese aviation regulators gave a formal green light to restarting Boeing Dreamliner flights on April 26. Boeing and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will start test flights of the Dreamliner in Japan from April 28. Mike Sinnett, US aircraft giant Boe
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) president Osamu Shinobe (C) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. Japanese aviation regulators gave a formal green light to restarting Boeing Dreamliner flights, clearing the way for the troubled aircraft to fly again after a three-month grounding. Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) pr
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman pauses as she briefs reporters on the NTSB's ongoing investigative work being done on the malfunctioning JAL Boeing 787 lithium ion battery at their labs in Washington, in this January 24, 2013 file photo. The top U.S. transportation safety agency said on April 23, 2013 it is looking beyond what caused a Boeing Co Dreamliner battery fire in January to find larger lessons that can be applied to the airplane certification process and to new technologies. Picture taken January 24, 2013. National Transportation Safety Boar
NTSB Investigator Mike Bauer examines the inside of a Boeing 787 under investigation at Boston's Logan International Airport in this January 8, 2013 file handout photo. The top U.S. transportation safety agency said on April 23, 2013 it is looking beyond what caused a Boeing Co Dreamliner battery fire in January to find larger lessons that can be applied to the airplane certification process and to new technologies. A two-day public hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board that began on April 23 delved into what Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration knew about volatile lithium-ion batteries when they proposed their use on the Dreamliner and how they addressed the risks. NTSB Investigator Mike Bauer examin
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Vice President of 787-8 Engineering of Boeing Donald Hinderberger (R), Vice President and Chief Project Engineer of 787 of Boeing Michael Sinnett (L) and other representatives of Boeing listem during an investigative hearing into the Boeing 787 battery fire before the National Transportation Safety Board April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. The NTSB held a two-day hearing to investigate the design, testing, certification and operation of the lithium-ion battery on the Boeing 787 and the battery fire incident. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Vice Pr
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President and Chief Project Engineer Mike Sinnett is seated at the witness table, second from right, as he speaks during a hearing investigating a battery fire aboard a Boeing 787, Tuesday, April 23, 2103, at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice Pr
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President and Chief Project Engineer Mike Sinnett listens during a hearing at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, investigating a battery fire aboard a Boeing 787. As airlines prepare to resume flying Boeing's beleaguered 787 Dreamliners, federal investigators looked Tuesday at how regulators and the company tested and approved the plane's cutting-edge battery system, and whether the government cedes too much safety-testing authority to aircraft makers. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice Pr
David Helson, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Investigator in Charge, seated right, speaks during a hearing investigating a battery fire aboard a Boeing 787, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at the NTSB in Washington. Also pictured are Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President and Chief Project Engineer Mike Sinnett, seated second from left, and NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman, top third from left. David Helson, National Transportati
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President and Chief Project Engineer Mike Sinnett listens during a hearing investigating a battery fire aboard a Boeing 787 at the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice Pr