FAA clears Boeing to fly 787 Dreamliner over distant oceans

They're putting money before safety. They won't force Boeing to switch to safer Ni-Cad batteries because of the costs of conversion.

At the FAA, you can be sure that your safety comes second.

The Dreamliner sounds more like a nightmare. I don't want to fly on it. Some say smoke and carbon monoxide from the batteries being carried on flight 370, may have put every one to sleep and then death before the plane even went down. Could this happen on 787's ? I will wait to see what happens before I even think about flying.

Not unless the battery issue is solved. I would never ever fly on this bird.

Truth be told, your chances of getting injured is driving to the airport vs actually getting injured in a plane crash.

Give me a break, Flight 370 was a 757 not a 787. It doesn't have lithium battery technology developed by GS-Yuasa of Japan, a subcontractor to a subcontractor of the 787. Now, Fl 370 may have been carrying lithium batteries in the cargo hole, since it is used in modern cell phones and other electronics. The overheating issue in the ipad and iphone was probably related to this technology. If fumes from a chemical reaction involving lithium-ion batteries did occur and smoke got into the cabin of FL370, they would all be dead. That probably didn't happen because such a reaction could and would have burned through the fuselage. Supposedly the issue has been resolved but ......

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/28/ntsb-doesn-t-think-the-boeing-787-dreamliner-is-safe-enough-to-fly.html

Give me a break too.

Flight 370 was a Boeing 777, not a 757.