Japan probe comes up empty on Dreamliner battery problems


This handout picture released by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, transport and Tourism on February 21, 2014 shows a leaking Lithium-ion battery which had problem with Japan Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner. -AFP

TOKYO:  The Japanese probe into a battery problem that forced the emergency landing of a Boeing Dreamliner last year wrapped up Thursday with investigators saying they still haven't found the root cause.

The domestic All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight on January 16, 2013 was forced to make an emergency landing after pilots noticed a burning smell inside the cockpit that was traced to the plane's lithium-ion battery pack.

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