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Martha: there is some serious new concerns about the safety of the new boeing 787 dreamliner. officials are still trying to figure out what caused a battery to fail earlier this month. >> there are multiple systems to protect against a system fire like this. those systems did not do not work as intended. we need to understand why. martha: yes, we do. jim springer joins us now. >> thats right, this problem did not sneak up on us. a fire was sparked over six years ago that exploded during a test. ...

Dating back to 2006. this video has surfaced of a fire at a boeing contractors lab near tucson, arizona. it was sparked when a lithium ion battery -- the same kind used in the dreamliner -- exploded during the test. a company makes the battery charger for the dreamliner, and we know ntsb investigators were back at this location this week testing the charger. the battery concerns prompted the faa to issue special rules for the installation of the batteries in the 787 of. investigators said yester...