The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was notified of this incident on
January 7, 2013, and sent an investigator to the scene the same day and two investigators to the
scene the next day. The following investigative groups were formed: airworthiness, airport
emergency response, battery and fire, manufacturing, and systems safety and certification. Also,
specialists were assigned to conduct the readout of the flight data recorder and transcribe the
cockpit voice recorder at the NTSB’s laboratory in Washington, DC. In addition, a specialist was
assigned to conduct radiographic studies of 787 batteries and cells.