Boeing Pitches 787 Fix To Japanese Authorities
ANA plans to conduct its first 787 proving flight on April 28 out of Tokyo Haneda Airport. (Photo: Boeing)
ANA plans to conduct its first 787 proving flight on April 28 out of Tokyo Haneda Airport. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner met with Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Akihiro Ota in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss the company’s proposal to return the Boeing 787 to service. As it did after Conner’s meeting with the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Huerta, last Friday, Boeing declined to comment on the substance of the talks, believed to center on a modifications of the airplane’s lithium-ion batteries meant to prevent fire from spreading from one cell to another and outside its containment case.