US, Japan analyse Dreamliner black box: report
- Published: 20 Jan 2013 at 01.45
- Online news: Asia
US and Japanese officials Saturday began analysing the black box of the 787 plane forced into an emergency landing this week, prompting the worldwide grounding of Boeing's Dreamliner, broadcaster NHK said.
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft sits under construction in Everett, Washington on February 17, 2012. US and Japanese officials Saturday began analysing the black box of the 787 plane forced into an emergency landing this week, prompting the worldwide grounding of Boeing's Dreamliner, broadcaster NHK said.
The instrument will allow experts probing Wednesday's incident to reconstruct events leading up to the pilots aborting the flight due to a smoke alert apparently linked to the lithium-ion battery.
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