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Japan's transport minster, Akihiro Ohta, announced today that the country's airliners can resume flying grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners once a newly approved battery system (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/19/faa-approves-boeing-787-battery-fix/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) is installed. "We have reached a conclusion that there is no problem with the judgment by the FAA," Ohta told the Associated Press. Back in January (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/16/faa-grounds-all-us-boeing-787-dreamliners-lithium-ion-battery/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) two separate fires caused by the 787's lithium ion batteries led to the FAA temporarily grounding all Dreamliners. Japan's decision comes shortly after Boeing's CEO, Jim McNerney, stated (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/24/boeing-resumes-787-dreamliner-deliveries-in-early-may/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) during the company's recent fiscal conference call that he expected all 50 aircraft to be fixed by the middle of May. Japanese airline officials are forecasting a slightly longer timeline, with the country's 787s returning to the skies around June and test flights scheduled to begin on April 28th.
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Via: The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/26/4270318/japan-gives-boeing-787-clearance-to-return-to-service)
Source: Associated Press (http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201304260101)
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