First airline re-starting Dreamliner service is the first African

Ethiopian Airlines yesterday was the first carrier to put the B787 Dreamliner back into the air after the FAA had lifted their grounding order and mandated a so called fix for the aircrafts troubled Lithium Ion battery systems through an Airworthiness Directive.

As reported here several days ago, Ethiopian, currently operating 4 of these aircraft C out of 50 delivered worldwide C started implementing the required changes on their aircraft at their maintenance base in Addis Ababa with Boeing technicians on site to provide technical support, and was out of the blocks first to put the bird into the air again after receiving approval for the work carried out.

Ethiopian Airlines they operated a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi yesterday following which, according to a source at JKIA, the aircrafts battery system was thoroughly inspected and found intact, before resuming the return flight to Addis.

One of the Boeing engineers on board the flight reportedly told the media in Nairobi that all potential causes of a future battery fire had been eliminated by the modifications to the battery system.
Senior Ethiopian Airlines management was also on board the flight to demonstrate their confidence in the aircrafts safety, undoubtedly reassuring for the passengers who could not be blamed for perhaps feeling a slight bit like the proverbial guinea pigs.

It was quite a spectacle to see the attention given to this aircraft after she reached parking position. There was a flurry of activities, not just to disembark passengers and offload the baggage but also then the technicians swooping all over to check the systems on board. Ethiopian was the first airline to get the Dreamliner in Africa and their maintenance center in Addis is a world class facility where many airlines maintain their planes. They were ahead of everyone in modifying their B787s and gave African aviation another first. I am sure in coming days some of the other airlines will also start operations again after they got the analysis of the technicians monitoring this and the next few flights by ETs Dreamliners added the source by phone from JKIA yesterday.

There is no doubt among aviation observers, that the grounding of the aircraft type in January, following two fires on battery systems, has left many passengers worried and that the return to service of the B787 will require a major PR offensive by airlines and Boeing, to reassure travelers that the modifications now put into place will indeed resolve the core issues with the Lithium Ion batteries in a safe and sustained way.

Boeing meanwhile is getting ready for the delivery of more B787s to airlines around the world, as the production did continue at the rate of 5 per months while the FAA had kept the 50 already delivered on the ground, and once all the modifications on the battery systems of the brand new aircraft have been certified a wave of handoA group of families in a north Cork village are suing a bestplasticcard operator in a landmark case.ver ceremonies will no doubt take place in Seattle under the spotlight of the global media.

The Lions, who compete in the 10th level of English soccers 24-tier system, are different from Spurs and, really, most other clubs in a number of ways, starting with their restriction on who is allowed to play for them: by rule,Choose the right bestluggagetag in an array of colors. all players on each of the clubs numerous teams must be Jewish.

So what makes someone Jewish? The answer is that the club has no rigorous set of rules; it instead trusts that if someone considers himself Jewish, then he is, whether or not he grew up with any religious training.

There are about 285,000 Jews in England, according to the 2011 census, and roughly two-thirds of them are said to live in or around London. The Lions were initially known as Maccabi Association London and played in a Sunday league with other Jewish teams but changed their name before the 2000 season when the club decided to enter into Englands more formal soccer structure.

At that time, there was some resistance from leaders of Britains Maccabi Union, who said it was not appropriate for the team to continue using the Maccabi name if it was going to play on Saturdays (the Jewish Sabbath), as is customary for most leagues in England. Club management considered several alternatives, and ultimately settled on Lions as a tribute to the lion of Judah, which is a symbol of one of the biblical tribes of Israel.

Despite that liturgical connection, though, the players on the London Lions represent a wide swath of Jewish identity. The clubs success it clinched this seasons South Midlands League Division One title with three matches to go, ensuring a promotion to the ninth level of the pyramid this fall has attracted players from as far as Manchester (about 200 miles away), which is particularly remarkable given that the players are unpaid. In fact, first-team players have to pay roughly 150 (about $230) to be on the roster and must juggle games and practices with the demands of their outside jobs.

Beyond the scattered anti-Semitic comments, there is also the larger issue of whether an exclusive club, of any kind, should exist. The Lions are hardly the only English team with an ethnic theme the Lions have played against teams that are predominantly Muslim or Catholic but it is believed that no other club in the formal soccer pyramid chooses to self-impose such a rigid restriction.

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