Second Boeing 787 test plane takes to skies

EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing's second 787 has flown for a little more than two hours.

The jet took off from Everett's Paine Field around 9 a.m. Tuesday and landed two hours and nine minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle.

The Seattle Times reports there was a problem with the plane's landing gear. Boeing confirms this, but says the problem was fixed in the air and that the aircraft and its two pilots were never in danger.

A week ago, about 25,000 people turned out to see the first initial flight of the 787. That plane was the first in the new aircraft series.

The 787 program has been plagued by ill-fitting parts and other problems. The first flight was supposed to be in 2007, but Boeing was forced to push that back five times.

Boeing has orders for 840 of the jets and plans to make the first delivery to Japan's All Nippon Airways late next year.