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JTSB: ANA Dreamliner battery shows short-circuit and thermal runaway signs

Tokyo, Japan - Strong similarities with the Boston's incident

The Japan Transportation Safety Board (JTSB) released an update about the investigations relative to the emergency landing of an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Takamatsu on January 16, 2013, because of a fire in one of the batteries of the aircraft. Looking at the images released by the JTSB it is possible to see how the battery involved in the fire shows strong similarities with the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1149569
Rome, Italy, 02/06/2013 22:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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