Ethiopian Airlines became the world's first carrier to resume flying Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, landing the first commercial flight since the global fleet was grounded three months ago.
As of now, there have been no problems with the aircraft.
The carrier expects to restart Dreamliner operations for domestic flights by mid-May, Ajit Singh said.
US transportation authorities are launching a review of the Dreamliner, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
The lawsuit has compensatory and punitive damages against the defendants for the wrongful deaths of four passengers on flight 171, US-based law firm The Lanier Law Firm said in a statement.
It is a similar story several thousand miles away, outside the company's North Charleston, South Carolina final assembly building, where space is taken up by four 787s destined for Air India.
Air India's entire European operations are carried out with Boeing Dreamliner planes.
The overheating of the oven during a July 24 flight from New Delhi to Kolkata did not cause a fire
Last week, governments across the world grounded the Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon Airways Co, forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in western Japan.
Is working to speed up assembly line to produce 10 Dreamliners a month by year-end.
Air India has six Dreamliners and has ordered 21 more.
The Supreme Court on Friday said no one blamed the chief pilot of the Air India Dreamliner for the June 12 crash, which claimed 260 lives, and asked his 91-year-old father not to carry any emotional burden.
Father of deceased pilot and Federation of Indian Pilots petition Supreme Court for a court-monitored inquiry into the Air India flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad.
Boeing's 50 Dreamliners in service have been grounded since mid-January following two incidents involving battery problems.
According to the Seattle-based Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, its 'professional' members -- who perform the main engineering duties on Boeing planes -- voted narrowly in favor of accepting the contract, while a smaller group of "technical" members -- who support the engineers -- voted to reject it. Both groups voted in favor of authorizing the union to call a strike.
'The real story of 2025 is that India officially stopped being a 'market of the future' and started acting as the world's primary economic engine.'
A preliminary investigation into the Air India Flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad reveals that both fuel switches were cut off before the crash, followed by pilot confusion. The report also indicates that fuel samples were satisfactory and no immediate action is recommended for Boeing 787-8 operators.
BA parent could order around 20 Airbus A350-1000s.
Boeing sticks with lithium-ion battery despite issues.
Before her flight to London, Air India crew member Maithili Patil had made a final, comforting promise to her father, Moreshwar Patil, that she would call him once she reached the city. But the call did not come.
The Ahmedabad airport cancelled flights post the crash before resuming limited flights in the evening.
The ministry of civil aviation clarified that, contrary to circulating reports, a video recorder that had been recovered at the crash site was not the DFDR.
A Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India this week returned to London due to a communications problem, but has since been operational, the state-run carrier said on Wednesday.
Incidents stark reminders of problems that have hit Dreamliner since July, prompting federal regulators to call for engine and fuel line inspections
'We consider everyone who lost someone in this tragedy as part of our family -- now and forever.'
'The switch can't be shut off by an accidental brush of the hand, but needs effort, conscious physical action to operate it.' 'Was it the software of the aeroplane that caused the switch to turn off?' 'Was it the hardware of the aeroplane?' 'Was it both software and hardware put together?'
Air India shelves plan to acquire Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
A week after the devastating Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad claimed 270 lives, investigators on Thursday continued to sift for clues to ascertain the cause, while the government said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will decide where to decode the black box of the ill-fated Dreamliner.
How cockpit voices and flight data unravel what happened during an air crash.
'When there are glaring errors in the report, how can you trust anything in it?'
Hundreds of people, including inconsolable family members and friends, gave an emotional farewell to First Officer Clive Kunder, co-pilot of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad last week, and flight attendant Roshni Songhare whose last rites were held on Thursday.
Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad has brought back all traumatic memories.
All the 12 cabin crew members, including two pilots, on board the ill-fated London-bound Air India flight were killed in the Ahmedabad air crash on Thursday.
The Boeing website lists the price of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft at $90.5 million.
"Co-developed and verified" by Indian IT major, HCL Technologies, this chip would be integrated into the system data acquisition computer of the aircraft, a top company official has said.
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