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Dreamliners Grounded as Battery Blamed For Incident

A team of investigators gather at Japan's Takamatsu airport, looking into a malfunction on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Safety officials believe a faulty battery could be behind an incident on Wednesday (January 16) which forced pilots to make an emergency landing. Japan, Europe and India have now joined the U.S. in grounding the Dreamliner. Japan's transport ministry says it's for an indefinite period as further checks are made.
 
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