787 fire investigation nearing completion

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http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/01/09/2984703/787-fire-investigation-nearing.html

787 fire investigation nearing completion
Reuters
January 9, 2014

WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday that investigative work on a battery fire aboard a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet in January 2013 would be completed by the end of March.

The agency gave no indications about the cause of the fire and said its final report on the incident at Boston Logan International Airport would be presented at a public meeting in Washington, D.C., in the fall.

Members of the investigative team have been working for months in the United States, Japan, France, and Taiwan in their study of the Dreamliner battery and charging system.

Regulators grounded the global fleet of Boeing Dreamliners for 31/2 months after the Jan. 7, 2013, incident at the Boston airport and a second battery incident on an All Nippon Airways flight in Japan several days later that prompted an emergency landing and evacuation.