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Lithium ion batteries. dan springer is keeping and eye on all of this. >> reporter: the battery issues with the 787 did not just sneak up on boeing. we are getting more doe tails. ten of the batteries were replaced on the dreamliner since last may half of them due to low voltage. the overall number of replaced batteries is much higher according to a source at the seattle times. they say 100 batteries had to be replaced but not awful them had suffered a failure. boeing would not confirm the number but downplayed the whole issue saying batteries are replace amount units in all airplanes, they re...

Dan spring better the news, he's live in seattle tonight. dan, aviation officials had to be concerned about these batteries a long time ago. >> absolutely. the faa had major concerns about boeing's use of lithium ion batteries in the 787. they knew about the fire in 2006 at a lab in arizona. it was caused when a 60-pound lithium ion battery exploded during some testing. this company supplies the battery charger for the 787. the battery maker is made in japan and it's the same type installed in the dreamliner. the maker says their batteries are not the problem. they've been used on space satell...

Electrical system and how it interacts with the batteries. the the battery maker is a japanese company, and officials there say they've been working if space satellites for years with no problems. bottom line, it doesn't look like a quick fix. >> this is not something that we're expecting will be solved overnight. there is a lot of technical work and a lot of complex work to understand. >> reporter: on the pond airway withs takes the biggest hit, they had 24 dreamlines in service, and they've been forced to cancel many flights between u.s. and tokyo. united airline is the the only american car...

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