Boeing offered Dreamliner battery fix: Japan govt
- Published: 1 Mar 2013 at 14.49
- Online news: World
Details emerged Friday of the battery fix proposed by Boeing to get its stricken Dreamliners back in the air, as Japan's All Nippon Airways vowed it would stick with the next generation aircraft.
An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner is shown at Tokyo's Haneda airport on January 31, 2013. Details emerged Friday of the battery fix proposed by Boeing to get its stricken Dreamliners back in the air, as Japan's All Nippon Airways vowed it would stick with the next generation aircraft.
An official at Japan's transport ministry said the company had proposed a three-fold remedy for the problems it has suffered with overheating lithium-ion batteries that have led to the plane's worldwide grounding.
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