But he called the request for a test episode "extraordinary", as "there were 38 pilots available on DVD".

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Some analysts said that Boeing's request to start test flights may be a way for them to establish that the battery issues that impacted the JAL and ANA flights may have been unique to those two planes.

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It twice refused to allow the Indian team to play in the annual limited-over series in Toronto and also turned down a request from the Board of Control for Cricket in India to play a Test series in Pakistan last year.

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