The 787 has two identical lithium-ion batteries, one of which is located toward the front of the plane and powers cockpit electrical systems, the other toward the rear and used to start an auxiliary power unit while the plane is on the ground, among other functions.

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The widow of an airman killed when his RAF Hercules plane was shot down in 2005 said politicians had to answer for the fact that his unit was "poorly resourced" and the plane itself was "worn out and ill-protected".

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On Monday, troops from the Indonesian Air Force's special forces, the Paskhas, herded goats off the Dili tarmac and watched curiously as a C-130 Hercules transport plane brought in a unit of Australian commandos.

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"The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service essentially brings the emergency department and the intensive care unit to the patient by helicopter or plane, " he added.

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The main investigation, which also involves the FAA and Boeing, focuses on the 787's cutting-edge lithium ion battery system that powers the plane's auxiliary power unit.

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The plane could fly domestically without the unit, but not to Europe.

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The plane was confiscated by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, which said drugs were taken by road from Amsterdam to France, where they were loaded onto the aircraft and flown into Northamptonshire.

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Boeing said in a statement that the fire was traced to a battery unit that helps power electrical systems when the engines are idle -- typically while a plane is being serviced or cleaned.

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Boeing said the fire was traced to a battery unit that helps to power electrical systems when the engines are idle -- typically while a plane is being serviced or cleaned.

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Police acted quickly to arrest Mr Strauss-Kahn just hours after the alleged encounter - but they would not have acted in such haste had he not been on a plane bound for France, says Linda Fairstein, the former head of the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan district attorney's office.

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