In this video, Dan Smith, director of the innovation centre and technology development of Boeing commercial airplanes talks about the evolution of the aircraft.
Making a Dreamliner come true
Yesterday saw the first flight of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, an aircraft that can be configured to carry between 250-290 passengers and travel between 8,000 and 8,500 nautical miles whilst using 20 per cent less fuel than an equivalent airplane.

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