Rescuers searched through the wreckage of the plane that crashed and sparked a fire in rocky terrain in Calabasas and found the body of one person believed to be the only one aboard, Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
The 787's chief engineer said Wednesday that he has "extreme confidence" in the Dreamliner Boeing's nickname for the plane even as federal investigators try to determine the cause of the fire on board an empty, parked Japan Airlines plane on Monday in Boston.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said their actions increased the risk of a fire on board the plane.
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Police spokesman Binod Singh told the AFP news agency that "the pilots seem to have tried to land it safely on the banks of the river but unfortunately the plane caught fire".
Other steps are being taken to minimize conditions that might lead to overheating and discharge of gases, but the nightmare scenario of fire on a plane would be eliminated entirely.
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The crash caused an intense fire that incinerated much of the plane, something that will make the investigation difficult, Duprie said.
While no official cause of the crash has been identified, the mislabeled canisters, which actually contained oxygen-making chemicals, are suspected of starting a fire in the plane's cargo hold.
If you asked my wife, she would say "yes" because for awhile, during that minute or so after the pop, she thought that the explosion and fire might cause a hole in the side of the plane that would decompress it.
"The fact that the plane landed on a soft surface and that there was no fire helped keep the number of fatalities low, " he said.
Overhead video from CNN affiliate KTLA showed firefighters working to douse a fire as most of the plane, including a visible part of its wing, lay in the middle of a road.
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At that time, LaHood and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Huerta, declared the plane fit to fly despite a battery fire in one plane.
Video from the scene showed people clambering on the wreckage -- including parts of the fallen plane -- and working together to hold up what appeared to be a fire hose.
So far, the regulator has discovered that the Boston fire was caused by a short circuit within one of the cells of the plane's multi-cellular batteries, and that a fault in the battery's design allowed the resulting overheating to spread to the other cells.
Besides the fire, another Japan Airlines plane leaked 40 gallons of fuel at Boston Logan on Tuesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board is also asking how problems with the aircraft's lithium-ion battery system that led to a fire aboard one plane and smoke in another escaped the notice of regulators and company officials who certified the plane's safety.
The entire fleet of 787s was grounded last month after a battery on one plane caught fire, while a malfunction forced another to make an emergency landing.
Last month, safety regulators grounded the entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after a battery on a plane operated by Japan Airlines caught fire, while a battery malfunction forced an emergency landing of a flight operated by All Nippon Airways.
He said he heard fire extinguishers as he pulled Abdulmutallab out of his seat and dragged him to the front of the plane.
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