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United Airlines took flight 787 again, four months after battery burning forced the aircraft to stop flying worldwide.
On Monday morning, a joint flight 787 took off from Houston and landed in Chicago.
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The incident involved an emergency landing on one plane and a fire on the other.
Federal authorities lifted the orders in April 19, but it will take weeks for Boeing and airlines to fix most of them.
United Continental Holdings Limitedhas six 787s.
Battery problems on aircraft owned by other airlines have caused grounding.
Manchester United plans to use 787 kilometers on routes from Houston to other parts of the United States. S.
City this week.
International flights are scheduled to resume on June 10.
On April 27, 787 flights were resumed by Ethiopia Airlines.
Boeing has never found the root cause of the battery smoldering, but it says it believes its solution covers all possible reasons.
These incidents have never caused serious harm.
But the suspension of flights in January embarrassed Boeing and disrupted flight schedules for eight airlines.
The company delivered 50 aircraft worldwide.
United are the only United States. S.
The airline currently on Flight 787.
The suspension forced it to postpone planned international flights and reduce the number of flights for the first time
Quarterly earnings were $11 million.
Other airlines, including Japan Airlines and LATAM Airlines in South America, also said profits were hit.
Latan said it still needs to pay on the plane and pay for the crew and maintenance.
Flights are expected to resume soon.
Boeing resumed delivery of the 787 Dreamliner. The company hopes to compensate for the loss of the Dreamliner. Once the battery repair company's first flight 787 took off shortly after 11, the FAAm.
Depart from Houston on Monday and arrive at Chicago O'Hare airport a few hours later.
According to United's website, the plane will return to Houston on Monday afternoon.
Passengers don't seem too worried.
Manchester United spokeswoman Christen David said: "From the first weekend, we have seen strong demand for the flight . ".
United Airlines plans to use 787 on shorter domestic flights before resuming international flights with new Denver on June 10-to-
Tokyo services and temporary Houston-to-London flights.
On August, it will increase its flights to Tokyo, Shanghai and Lagos, Nigeria.
The longer international flights are the main reason for the existence of Flight 787.
Its medium size and fuel efficiency are ideal for long haul transportation.
Starting with shorter domestic flights, "we will be given a period of time to add 787 full operations," David said . ".
United Continental Holdings Limited
Six 787 now.
Manchester United said it expects to repair four batteries by Monday, and the other two will be improved in the next few days.
787 uses more power than any other jet.
It uses lithium more-
When the engine is turned off, ion batteries power flight control and backup generators, among other jets.
Two batteries per 787. Boeing Co.
Never figured out the root cause of the battery accident.
Instead, it redesigned the battery and charger.
Mike Sinnett, 787 chief engineer, said in an online chat on Thursday that the idea was to eliminate all possible reasons, and he and a Boeing pilot asked questions about the plane.
These changes include more insulation between each battery and charging the battery to a lower maximum voltage.
On April 27, Ethiopia resumed flight 787, and Air India and Qatar also restarted flights.
All Japanese and Japanese airlines have said they expect to restart 787 flights in June 1.
Boeing said that as of Sunday, 45 aircraft had repaired batteries among 50 aircraft that had been in service while stopping.
It says it will complete the modification by the end of May.
Boeing never stopped producing 787, but stopped delivering.
They resumed last week, after which Boeing delivered two aircraft with a new battery system.