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New Report Points to Risk With Boeing 787 Battery

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Why did a Dreamliner battery explode? Clive Irving reports on a new NTSB report analyzing the risks.

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Firefighters called to deal with smoke detected on a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 parked at a gate at Boston’s Logan International Airport in January faced a more dangerous situation than was disclosed at the time.

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