Boeing completes second 787 'Dreamliner' test flight

Airplane manufacturer Boeing said Monday afternoon that it completed a second successful test flight of its 787 "Dreamliner" airplane without any battery incidents.

"Capt. Mike Bryan, Capt. Randy Neville and a crew of 11 flight test personnel completed the first round of battery monitoring tests today on board ZA005, the fifth 787 flight test airplane, with a one hour and 29 minute flight," the company said. "The flight departed from Boeing Field at 10:17 am Pacific time and returned to Boeing Field at 11:46 am Pacific time. The pilots report that today’s flight was uneventful."

The statement mirrors a report from Boeing following a two-hour test flight on Saturday. 

Test flights of the 787 were approved last week by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after the plane was grounded for a month following a battery fire on an airplane that was being operated by Japan Airlines at Boston's Logan International Airport.

The agency has ordered U.S. airlines to stop flying the 787 since the mid-January battery fire and a similar in-flight incident on a plane in Japan.

Other worldwide aviation agencies quickly followed the FAA's lead, resulting in a worldwide grounding of the Dreamliner.

The FAA has not identified a time frame for the return of the 787 to regular commercial flight service.

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