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Boeing Meeting With FAA to Propose Battery Fix

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    FBN's Peter Barnes on Boeings first attempt to get 787 Dreamliner's back in flight.

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Well Boeing represent is meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration proposing a long term fix to the battery problems that have grounded yes 787 dreamliner.

This in an effort to move one step closer to getting those planes.

Back off the ground are Peter Barnes joins us live from inside the beltway with the latest Peter.

-- the new engineering of the batteries reportedly would add insulation.

To them to make sure that they.

Don't catch fire the company has been testing the new design and wants the FAA to approve but tests that are also in fly eight.

As -- next step.

The question for the company customers and investors is just how much testing the government will demand to make sure that any new design is safe -- the FAA plans to issue a statement this afternoon after its meeting with Boeing it says that if the new battery -- checks out the fifty grounded dreamliner is.

Could be back in the air by April or so the company is telling the Wall Street Journal that it hopes to get they planes flying again by mid march the company says it has teams of hundreds of engineering and technical experts working around the clock.

To move -- -- to resolve the battery problem a spokesman says quote everyone is working to get.

To the answer as quickly as possible and good progress is being made -- Peter Barnes thank you very much.

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