Following our previous report about the problems with the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Japan's two main airlines
have grounded theirs after one was forced to make
an emergency landing because of battery problems.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) grounded its fleet of 17 Dreamliners
when its flight NH 692 from Yamaguchi Ube was forced to land shortly
after take-off.
Japan Airlines followed suit, saying it would ground its fleet of seven 787s from 16 January until further notice. |
| Evacuation at Takamatsu Airport |
On Wednesday, ANA's flight NH 692 left Yamaguchi Ube in western Japan at 08:10 local time (23:10 GMT) and headed for Tokyo's Haneda airport.
Earlier reports that smoke was seen in the cockpit were inaccurate, ANA said. The pilots saw a warning on their computer screen telling them there was smoke inside one of the electrical compartments, the airline said. The source of the smoke is not yet known.
The pilots also received a warning that there was a fault in the battery system. ANA said the battery in the forward cargo hold was the same type as the one involved in a fire on another Dreamliner at a US airport last week.
The ANA flight landed at Takamatsu airport at 08:47 on Wednesday after the pilot saw an error message in the cockpit.
See full BBC report here
