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U.S. investigators ‘very concerned’ by Boeing 787 fire

Damaged battery cell case via AFP

US government investigators said Thursday that they were very concerned over what they called an “unprecedented” battery fire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The fire, and a second 787 battery problem which forced an emergency landing of an aircraft in Japan, forced aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere to…

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French company joins U.S.-Japan Boeing probe

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner is pulled by a towing tractor at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 16, 2013. File photo via AFP.

French electrical system giant Thales has joined a Japan-US probe into a battery fire which forced a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to make an emergency landing in Japan, officials said Wednesday. Two Thales engineers have been taking part in a CT scan of the aircraft’s lithium-ion battery at a Japan space…

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Japanese minister ‘worried’ by Dreamliner glitches

a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by All Nippon Airways taxiing down the runway at Narita Airport in suburban Tokyo. File photo via AFP.

Japan’s transport minister said Tuesday officials had launched a probe of Boeing’s Dreamliner after a series of problems with the high-tech aircraft left travellers “enormously worried”. The ministry said late Monday it had chosen a team of experts to examine a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines (JAL) which…

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