The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner was not overcharged, but US government investigators warned there could still be problems with wiring or other components.

US safety experts and Boeing inspectors joined a Japanese investigation today into the 787 jet at the centre of a worldwide grounding of the technologically-advanced aircraft.

A battery beneath the cockpit of the Boeing 787 forced to make an emergency landing in Japan was swollen from overheating, a safety official said today, as India joined the US and Japan in grounding the aircraft because of fire risk.

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.

London’s Stansted airport has attracted three final bids each worth about £1bn (€1.2bn), according to sources.

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.

US President Barack Obama has apologised over the burning of Korans at a US airbase in Afghanistan, where three days of protests have killed 14 people.

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.

An Afghan soldier “executed” a prisoner on a British base in Helmand province, Ministry of Defence documents disclose.

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

Nearly 3,000 American soldiers who arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces have begun operations and are already seeing combat.

Militants with suicide vests, grenades and AK-47 rifles attacked a luxury hotel in Afghanistan today, killing at least six people in the most brazen attack yet on Western civilians in Kabul, witnesses and a Taliban spokesman said.

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A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a German military patrol outside the gates of the Afghan capital’s airport today, killing two Afghan soldiers and wounding 10 other people, officials said.

British troops attacked in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan’s dangerous “Green Zone” yesterday were straight back inside the area today.

An investigation into US-led airstrikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said today.

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.

Nippon Airways grounded its entire fleet of Bombardier planes in Japan today after the front landing gear on one failed to descend.

Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) agreed to take a major stake in the hotel arm of All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) today as it attempted to spread its wings in Japan.

PROTESTERS stormed UN compounds and stoned US soldiers in the Afghan city of Herat yesterday, a day after the government sacked its warlord governor.

Demonstrators stormed UN compounds and stoned US soldiers in the Afghan city of Herat, a day after the government sacked its warlord governor.

Demonstrators stormed a UN compound and stoned US soldiers in a tense west Afghan city, officials said today, a day after the government sacked its warlord governor.

The Athens Olympics tonight suffered another blow when two women were banished from the Games for failing in-competition drugs tests.

A Greek Olympic medal-winner has tested positive for drugs, it was reported today.

A senior Afghan militia commander alleged today that troops from Afghanistan’s US-trained national army beheaded four Taliban fighters to avenge the similar slaying of an Afghan soldier and a military interpreter.

Planemaking giant Boeing today officially launched its new wide-seat 7E7 Dreamliner passenger aircraft on the back of a €5bn order for 50 of the new planes.

The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance today unanimously approved the application of US Airways to join the world’s largest airline alliance.

Dual Derby winner High Chaparral was today confirmed on course for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barriere at Longchamp on Sunday after his latest blood tests satisfied the Ballydoyle team.

Nato soldiers streamed into Macedonia today ahead of a key visit by a senior alliance general who will help determine whether the country is stable enough to start an effort to collect rebel weapons.