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Japan Airlines has temporarily grounded one of its 787 Dreamliners after white
smoke was spotted outside the plane, warning lights in the cockpit indicated
possible faults with the main battery and charger, and one battery cell
appeared to be leaking.
The incident comes nearly a year to the day after Japan Airlines and All
Nippon Airways grounded their 787 fleets after two 787 batteries overheated
on two different planes in less than two weeks.
Boeing said it was "aware of the 787 issue that occurred Tuesday afternoon at
Narita, which appears to have involved the venting of a single battery cell".
Japan Airlines said maintenance engineers who were in the cockpit
saw white smoke from the cockpit. When they went outside the aircraft the
smoke had dispersed.
The planes
remained grounded for more than three months while Boeing redesigned the
battery, charger and containment system to ensure battery fires would not
put the airplane at risk.
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