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Dreamliners grounded after new safety scare

JAPAN'S two leading airlines grounded Boeing 787s yesterday after one of the Dreamliners made an emergency landing.

It is the latest in a series of incidents to heighten safety concerns over the plane.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) said instruments aboard a domestic flight indicated a battery error, triggering emergency warnings to the pilots. The Civil Aviation Bureau said a second warning light indicated smoke.

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