Boeing 787 Dreamliner in emergency landing in Japan

15 January 2013 Last updated at 21:21 ET Help

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has made an emergency landing in in western Japan. All the passengers and crew were evacuated safely.

The incident comes on top of a slew of recent problems with Boeing's new airliner. According to ANA, there was an error message regarding battery malfunction.

Asia Business Report's Rico Hizon asked the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo about this latest incident involving the 787 aircraft.

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