Boeing 787 Dreamliner returns to service in Ethiopia flight
An Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner
has flown from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, the first commercial flight by the Boeing
aircraft since all 787s were grounded in January.
The 50 planes around the world were grounded due to battery malfunctions that
saw one 787 catch fire in the US.Over the past week teams of Boeing engineers have been fitting new batteries to the aircraft.
This was after aviation authorities approved the revamped battery design.
The Ethiopian Airlines plane took off at 09:45 local time (07:45 GMT) and landed in Nairobi, Kenya, some two hours later
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