More than half the Boeing 787s in use around the world have been grounded after an emergency landing by one of the jets revealed a battery fire risk in the aircraft.

Japan’s two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s yesterday after a Dreamliner jet made an emergency landing.

Japan's major airlines grounded their Boeing 787 planes for safety checks today, hours after one was forced to make an emergency landing, in the latest blow for the new jet.

US federal regulators are ordering a comprehensive review of the critical systems of Boeing’s 787s, the aircraft maker’s newest and most technologically advanced plane, after a fire and a fuel leak.

There are reports that US aviation authorities will announce a review into Boeing's 787 Dreamliner later after two more incidents involving the aircraft.

Japan's All Nippon Airways cancelled a domestic flight to Tokyo after a computer wrongly indicated there was a problem with the Boeing 787's brakes.

A strong earthquake struck today off the coast of north-eastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year.

Japan Airlines, which underwent a government bailout two years ago, is to be listed again on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on September 19.

One of the world’s largest commercial aircraft touched down in Dublin, but Irish aviation fans won’t get to fly on it from any Irish airport anytime soon.

The first commercial flight for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jet has landed, after a four-hour flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong.

BOEING’S long-awaited dream machine became a commercial reality on Sunday when the lightweight plastic-composites 787 Dreamliner was formally delivered to its first Japanese customer.

The Boeing 787 that made an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas, because of an electrical fire during a test flight is safely back in Seattle.

Boeing grounded its test fleet of new 787 passenger jets today, while it investigates an electrical fire that forced one of the planes to make an emergency landing.

An investigation was under way today after a Boeing 787 jet on a test flight over Texas made an emergency landing when smoke was detected in the main cabin.

BOEING’S much-delayed “leaner and greener” new passenger plane — the 787 Dreamliner — touched down in Britain for the first time yesterday.

Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy today in one of the country’s largest corporate failures.

More than two years later than originally planned, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner took to the skies for its maiden test flight.

The US and Japan have reached a landmark agreement to relax limits on flights between the two countries.

Planemaking giants Boeing will today announce a possible 18-month delay in delivery of its new “green” 787 Dreamliner aircraft which has been ordered by a number of UK airlines.

Staff at All Nippon Airways (ANA) began a 24-hour strike today after negotiations over pay broke down, grounding dozens of domestic flights in Japan, the airline said in a statement.

Aerospace group Rolls-Royce said today it was teaming up with the Japanese to build an engine for Boeing’s new Dreamliner jet.

BOEING’S board of directors has approved production of the 7E7 Dreamliner with a company-record launch order of 50 planes by All Nippon Airways.

British Airways was one of the few leading world airlines to actually increase passenger numbers in crisis-hit 2001, new global figures have shown.