Boost for Boeing

FLY AWAY

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 11:57AM ET / Published Mar. 13, 2013 9:18AM ET

The drama could be over for Boeing as the FAA decided on Tuesday to approve the company’s plans to upgrade the plane’s batteries. Dreamliners worldwide were grounded in January after intense overheating incidents with the plane’s batteries. The Financial Times reports that Boeing intends to return to commercial flights within three to four weeks.

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