File Photo (WCIV)NEW YORK (AP) - Boeing says it is ready to move quickly to get its
787s fixed and back in the air if it gets federal approval for a fix for
the batteries that have grounded the planes.
Boeing submitted a plan to the Federal Aviation
Administration on Feb. 22. Now it needs the FAA to approve its plan and
ultimately to certify the design. The FAA has said it expects its
experts to recommend this week whether to accept Boeing's plan.
Ray Conner, who runs Boeing Co.'s commercial
airplane unit, described the process to analysts on Monday. Conner
didn't lay out a timeline to get the 787 flying again. It's been
grounded since Jan. 16 after a battery fire on one plane and an
emergency landing caused by smoke from another battery.
