Japan's two major carriers, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have grounded their fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after an ANA 787 made an emergency landing and passenger evacuation in Takamatsu on Wednesday. According to The Associated Press, the crew reported a crew alert message indicating battery problems and noticed a burning smell. The ANA Dreamliner pilots declared an emergency and immediately landed in Takamatsu, which is in southwestern Japan on the island of Shikoku, about 420 miles southwest of Tokyo. Press photos showed the 787 stopped on a taxiway turnoff with all of the emergency slides deployed. Japanese authorities reported one minor injury during the evacuation. An early buyer of the 787, ANA operates 17 of the aircraft, while JAL has seven. The grounding comes less than a week after the FAA announced an unusual safety review of the 787 and its systems, following a battery fire on a JAL 787 in Boston on January 7th.
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