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Two serious battery problems caused the faa to ground boeing's new 787 dreamliner. some critics say the agency did not act fast enough to respond to those issues. peter doocy is looking at it live from washington. so have investigators, peter, been able to figure out why these batteries were catching fire? >> reporter: no, jon. the ntsb is still working on that at their materials lab in d.c. where they disassembled the lithion ion battery that caused the fire in boston two weeks ago. so far we've only received three updates on their investigation and it sounds like they're using the process of...

Cutting along this predetermined area. and it will take about a day to do it. we expect six to eight hours. after it's all said and done, this piece of skin they're going to cut out is only going to weigh three or four pounds. and it will be shipped to washington overnight. as soon as we retrieve it. so that they can begin a detailed examination in the materials lab. we are planning in some form or fashion to have a photo op of this piece after it's cut out. and terry williams will be giving you the details of that. how we will do that. of course, our priorities are to extract the piece. and t...

Hurt when the flight landed in yuma. the ntsb inspecting other jets in the southwest fleet. one of those jets diverted last night because of a burning smell in the cabin. casey stegal is live. >> reporter: it's amazing that 118 passengers walked off this 737 parked behind me in yuma. several things are going on in terms of this investigation. the ntsb has a team on the ground at wisconsin headquarters in dallas, texas where they are pouring over this particular plane's maintenance records, and yesterday officials here removing a large portion of the fuselage around that tear to send it off to ...