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Aerospace reporting says FAA officials 'issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring operators to cease operations of U.S.-registered Boeing[4] 787 aircraft' after the 'in-flight Boeing 787 battery incident in Japan yesterday'; NPR's[5] report is dated January 16, 2013.On 16 January 2013 the FAA ordered U.S.-registered 787s to stop flying after battery failures on a Japan Airlines jet in Boston and an ANA jet in Japan. It was the first time the FAA had grounded an airliner type since 1979.
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