U.S. Department of Transportation secretary Ray LaHood stated the administration was "looking for the root causes" behind the recent issues.
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In a press briefing that day, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said that the NTSB had found evidence of failure of multiple safety systems designed to prevent these battery problems, and stated that fire must never happen on an airplane.
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