<p>A Boeing 787 operated by All Nippon Airways Company made an emergency landing in Takamatsu in western Japan on Wednesday(January 16) after smoke appeared in the Dreamliner cabin.</p><br /><p>The Dreamliner flight bound for Haneda Airport near Tokyo left Yamaguchi Airport in Western Japan shortly after 8 am local time (JST/2300 GMT) but made an emergency landing at 8:45 after smoke appeared in the cockpit.</p><br /><p>According to ANA officials, all 129 passengers and 8 crews were evacuated safety.</p><br /><p>The runways for Takamatsu airport were still closed after the accident.</p><br /><p>The incident comes on top of a slew of recent problems with Boeing's new Dreamliner aircraft. The sophisticated new plane, the world's first mainly carbon-composite airliner, suffered two fuel leaks, a battery fire, a wiring problem, a brake computer glitch and cracked cockpit window last week.</p><br /><p>Japan is the biggest market so far for the Dreamliner, with JAL and local rival All Nippon Airways Company flying 24 of the 50 Dreamliners delivered to date.</p><br /><p>After the incident however, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced that they will ground all their 787 planes for emergency inspections.</p><br /><p>-Reuters</p>
