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After years of setbacks and delays, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was certified Friday by the U.S. government as safe and ready to fly passengers.

The official FAA certification was announced at a ceremony at the Boeing site in Everett, just a few weeks before the first scheduled delivery of the airliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways on Sept. 28. The aircraft was also certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency.

The Dreamliner, a revolutionary new type of plane, promises to raise the bar for fuel economy and environmental sensitivity through the use of new technologies such as lightweight composites and advanced propulsion technology.

With 827 orders for the plane on the books, the Dreamliner may be the most hotly anticipated aircraft in the history of the Boeing Co.

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