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Published on Jan 16, 2013

The United States has grounded its fleet of Boeing Dreamliners, as have aviation regulators in Europe, India and Japan, after an apparent battery problem forced one of All Nippon Airways' (ANA) jets to make an emergency landing on Wednesday.

The plane landed safely in Takamatsu, and all 137 passengers and crew were evacuated using the emergency slides, according to the airline. Several people were slightly injured during the evacuations.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from Washington DC.

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  • r3g3n3s1s

    r3g3n3s1s 4 months ago

    That's right. So, on the one hand, you could say this is 'just' a problem with the batteries. On the other hand, the batteries now run the entire plane. I hope Boeing can fix this. The last thing we need is A380's with wing cracks AND Dreamliners with exploding batteries. Did I mention that I love trains? O_O

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  • JogBird

    JogBird 4 months ago

    with the 787, they replaced most of the hydraulics and compressed air actuators with electrical ones that are powered by lithium ion batteries

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  • nunvikingsofthesea

    nunvikingsofthesea 2 months ago

    Made in China

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  • jetstream601

    jetstream601 4 months ago

    BOEING! YOU HAVE EMBARRASED US!!

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  • Questionauthority chawasa

    Questionauthority chawasa 4 months ago

    Air travel is awful anymore. If it's not problems with the planes & it's dealing with the TSA groping the public.

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  • macmen007

    macmen007 4 months ago

    OK.... WHO made the BATTERIES?

    What country and company?

    What other apllications are the used in?

    Let's see the UL test sheets.

    SO MANY questions.......

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  • r3g3n3s1s

    r3g3n3s1s 4 months ago

    Does the system operate the control surfaces?

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  • Jim Rall

    Jim Rall 4 months ago

    No they did not... the plane uses a 5000 psi hydraulic system.

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  • Jim Rall

    Jim Rall 4 months ago

    They are...

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  • Jim Rall

    Jim Rall 4 months ago

    It has a 5000 psi hydraulic system

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  • Jim Rall

    Jim Rall 4 months ago

    Actually you comment is the most intelligent here… these batteries suffer from manufacturing difficulties i.e. cheap stupid labor and engineers that are… well let’s just say they passed all their tests after they left the grass hut they lived in.

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  • MattacksRC

    MattacksRC 4 months ago

    good call. let them figure this out before something bad happens. Thats a beauty of an airplane. Im sure they can fix it.

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