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All Nippon Airways (ANA) jetliners sit parked at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday. ANA has found damage to the battery wiring on two 787 emergency beacons, the same device suspected of causing a fire on an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft in London early this month. AFP PHOTO

PARIS: Boeing and rival Airbus said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) they would check distress beacons made by Honeywell on their planes, after the device was identified as the likely cause of a fire on a Boeing Dreamliner.

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