In the previous alarming incident, a maintenance worker discovered an electrical fire aboard an empty Japan Airlines 787 slated for departure from Logan International Airport in Boston on January 7.

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Robert Sumwalt, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said an 11-member "go team" would be on the ground in New York for the next five to seven days, interviewing crew members and passengers about the incident, and looking into past incidents and maintenance of the ferry.

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