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CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines is taking the troubled Boeing 787 out of its flying plans for the rest of this month.
United says it has replaced its six 787s with other planes. U.S. regulators grounded the 787s last month after two battery incidents.
United Continental Holdings Inc. spokeswoman Megan McCarthy says the plane swaps include new flights from Houston to Lagos, Nigeria, which were supposed to switch to a 787 in late January. She says United still plans to start new flights from Denver to Tokyo’s Narita airport on March 31.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways on Wednesday canceled its 787 flying through March 30.
Federal officials say it could be weeks before they know what caused a 787 battery fire last month.
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In this Feb. 3, 2011, file photo, Boeings' new 787 Dreamliner takes off from Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. While Boeing's 787 Dreamliners are grounded, the batteries causing airliner's troubles can still fly. At the time the government certified the 787 as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner's electrical systems from being carried as cargo on passenger planes because of the fire risk. But new rules exempt aircraft batteries from the ban on large lithium ion batteries as cargo on flights by passenger planes. AP Photo
February 7, 2013
United cuts 787 from February schedule
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