( CNN ) -- CNN 's Thom Patterson climbed aboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Monday , May 20 , for its first U.S. commercial flight since being grounded for safety concerns . Patterson traveled from Houston to Chicago on United Flight 1 . Follow updates from his trip below . . Mobile users unable to see the Storify please click here .
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was grounded in January for battery problems . CNN 's Thom Patterson was on the first U.S. commercial flight since the airliner was cleared to fly again . Aviation geeks have dubbed this latest stage in the new aircraft 's history 'Dreamliner 2.0 '