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Two japanese airlines have grounded their fleets of 787s after an emergency landing in western japan. the flight was headed to tokyo this morning when its battery alarm signal went off and passengers smelled smoke. the dreamliners have been plagued with a streak of problems. its not clear when the japan airlines will fly again. and now to a bizarre kidnapping in philadelphia. a 5-year-old girl is back with her family after being abducted from her school. a woman claiming to be her childs mothe...

The boeing dreamliner. two japanese airlines have grounded their fleets of 787s after an emergency landing in western japan. the flight was headed to tokyo this morning when its battery alarm signal went off and passengers smelled smoke. the dreamliners have been plagued with a streak of problems. its not clear when the japan airlines will fly again. and now to a bizarre kidnapping in philadelphia. a 5-year-old girl is back with her family after being abducted from her school. a woman claiming...

Wasteful spending that continues. >> reporter: earlier this week we heard from house majority whip, minority whip, i should say, steny hoyer, increased revenues, more spending has to be part of any debt ceiling deal. that is a sentiment echoed by the president on numerous occasions since he was reelected. republicans of course in the house are set to go on their retreat this week. their key objective is to find unity. that is the ultimate object tiff for the retreat. without unity and republican...

Happened. none of these planes have crashed, no serious injuries but still a big problem for boeing, huh? >> reporter: thats right. for more perspective, jon, worldwide there are six 787s flying. four of them left to the u.s. or coming to the u.s.. this is not a worldwide panic. this latest incident happened in western japan during a flight on all nippon airways. a warning light came on. a the pilot smelled smoke. it caused a landing early landing but they confirmed there was no fire but a smoke...

Financially this has to be a blow to boeing and the dreamliners reputation. it happened in wednesday morning in japan on all nippon airways. the pilot started smelling smoke in the cockpit. the pilot made emergency landing there were minor injuries as passengers evacuated the plane down the emergency chute. officials at the airport where the plane landed said there was no fire, which is important but they confirmed smelling smoke. japan airlines grounded all 24 of their 787 dreamliners in servic...

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More than 90,000 flights a day. nobody hurt or killed on a 787. jon: very rigorous testing that those air frames go through before anybody lets them fly. dan springer, in seattle, thank you. >> reporter: okay. jon: coming up well talk with someone who knows all about the importance of air safety. peter goelz, former director of the national transportation safety board. you want to hear what he has to say next hour. jenna: firefighters are on the scene of an emergency but really no flames anywher...

He won the backing of two of the senates strongest supporters of israel, chuck schumer of new york and barbara boxer of california will vote to approve hagel. but the top republican on the senate arms services committee says he and hagel have philosophical differences on the issues and he will not be supporting his fellow republican. boeings newest passenger jet, the 787 dreamliners have been grounded by japans leading airlines. a dream liner was evacuated after it made an emergency landing to...

The pilot of the 787 made an emergency landing after receiving a cockpit message showing battery problems followed by a burning smell. 129 passengers had to use those chutes to get off the dreamliner. shortly after ana, and japan airlines announced all their 787s would undergo safety inspections. this is the latest in a growing list of problems for boeing. last week in the u.s. the faa announced a comprehensive review of the dreamliner after a string of five serious incidents in five days last w...

Manufacturing and design. abc news, tokyo. >> and boeing released a statement a short time after that incident saying boeing is aware of the diversion of a 787 operated by ana to western japan. we will be working with our customers and the appropriate regulatory agencies. this is significant -- a significant problem. >> no doubt. >> if you look at the inside of these dreamliners, theyre gorgeous. they look so comfortable. >> i know. >> but theyve had a lot of problems. >> boeing is an american c...