Boeing Plane Makes Nearly Vertical Takeoff Test pilots show off the capabilities of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ahead of the 2015 Paris Airshow. -- Better lock up those tray tables.

The odds were in your favor if you were one of the 242 people who boarded Air India flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, bound for London on June 12. The plane you were flying was a Boeing 787 ...