Boeing's ill-fated 787 Dreamliner was involved in two incidents Friday, NBC News reported. A jet operated by Ethiopian Airlines caught fire at London's Heathrow airport, forcing the closure of both runways for more than an hour. There were no passengers aboard the plane, which which was parked away from terminal buildings at the time of the incident. In a separate development, another Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Britain's Thomson Airways flying to Florida from northwest England was forced to return to Britain due to technical issues as a precaution on Friday, the airline said. The aircraft type has been plagued by problems with its batteries. Regulators in the U.S. and Japan temporarily grounded the Dreamliner earlier this year amid fears of fires linked to the batteries.
