Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) on March 29 started daily nonstop service to Shanghai, China. Ethiopian operates the Shanghai flight using its Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 24 Cloud Nine Business Class and 246 Economy Class seats.
Shanghai is Ethiopian’s 80th international destination.
Copyright Photo: Wingnut/AirlinersGallery.com. Up close on the ramp at London’s Heathrow Airport. Boeing 787-8 ET-AOO (msn 34743) taxies past the camera.
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Boeing (Chicago) is currently repairing the damaged Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 ET-AOP (msn 34744) at London’s Heathrow Airport. As previously report, the new airliner was damaged by fire on July 12, 2013.
According to this report by The Seattle Times, Boeing’s repair team is gluing a giant composite plastic skin patch inside a temporary building surrounding the rear section of the aircraft. The tail has been removed.
Boeing builds the fuselage as a single piece so this repair is very delicate and intricate for this new technology. The repairs should take five weeks.
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Follow-up report on the fire by the AAIB: CLICK HERE
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best/AirlinersGallery.com. ET-AOP is undergoing this delicate repair inside this specially-designed and fabricate housing which surrounds the rear fuselage.
Boeing (Chicago) is asking all operators of around 1,200 Boeing aircraft to inspect the Honeywell ELT devices on board the aircraft. According to this report by Reuters,ย “Boeing is asking specific operators of 717, Next-Generation 737, 747-400, 767 and 777s to inspect aircraft with the Honeywell fixed emergency locator transmitters,” a Boeing spokesman said in an emailed statement sent late yesterday. Airbus is also reviewing its ELTs made by Honeywell.
The action comes as a result of the findings of the fire in a Honeywell ELT on board a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London’s Heathrow Airport.
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British Airways‘ (London) flight BA 762 to Oslo operated with Airbus A319-131 G-EUOE (msn 1574) was forced to return to Heathrow Airport this morning after a fire developed in the right engine. The passengers and crew member were safely evacuated on the runway. The emergency landing temporarily closed both runways causing delays this morning. However one runways is again open. However BA was forced to cancel its short-haul flights and issued this statement:
We are very sorry for the significant disruption at London Heathrow today.
The closure of one runway meant that we needed to cancel all our short-haul flights in to and out of Heathrow up until 16:00 (BST) today. We understand how frustrating this is for customers and thank them for their patience.
These cancellations will help us to stabilize our schedule, allowing us to get as many customers away as possible in these difficult circumstances.
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Update: On May 31, 2013 theย Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report stated two cowlings on the Airbus A319’s engines were left unlocked after maintenance and this was not noticed before the aircraft departed according to Reuters.
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