Is American’s brand new Boeing 787-9 cursed? N846AN suffers recurring maintenance problems, completing only one of its four scheduled flights.

The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 used to be a popular engine choice for the 787, but, today, the General Electric GEnx dominates.

The Seattle Times, citing sources inside the company, says: Boeing had numerous reliability issues with the main batteries on its 787 Dreamliner long before the two battery incidents this month ...