Battery Smoke Grounds 787

Boeing says its modified lithium-ion battery system worked as designed during the failure of a single cell on the main battery of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 at Tokyo Narita Airport on Jan. 14, grounding the aircraft. The airline's maintenance staff in the cockpit, preparing the twinjet for a flight...

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