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Faulty wiring found in B-787 Dreamliners
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways says it has found some faulty wiring in the fire extinguisher system in the engines of 3 of its Boeing 787 jets.
ANA officials say a mechanic working on a 787 parked at Haneda airport in Tokyo found the faulty wiring on Wednesday.
They say the fault would result in spraying extinguishing agent into the wrong engine if there was a fire in one of the jet engines.
The officials say that even if the wrong engine was sprayed it would not stop functioning and a fire can be extinguished by other means.
They inspected their fleet of 20 Dreamliners and found the same problem in 2 more planes.
Japan Airlines started inspecting its 10 Dreamliner jets after being informed of the problem via the transport ministry.
JAL officials say they have not found any faulty connections so far, but they had to call back a flight to Helsinki, Finland, to do the check after it took off from Narita airport.
787s were grounded across the world in January for battery-related malfunctions. They were back in service starting in April.
Aug. 14, 2013 - Updated 11:22 UTC
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