FAA clears Boeing to fly 787 over distant oceans

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing Co.’s 787 to fly 5 1/2 hours over the ocean, far from the nearest emergency landing site.

The moves comes while another branch of the government — the National Transportation Safety Board — is still investigating the cause of a January 2013 battery fire aboard a 787 that led to a worldwide grounding of the plane, also known as the Dreamliner.