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July 12, 2013 - Ethiopian Airlines reported
toady that smoke was detected from Ethiopian
Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner, registration
number ET-AOP which was parked at London
Heathrow airport for more than eight hours. No
one was hurt, the airport runways were closed
for about an hour before operations resumed. The
aircraft was scheduled, Flight ET701 to be used
for flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at 9pm.
Back in January the FAA issued an
emergency airworthiness directive ordering
all U.S. based airlines to ground their Boeing
787s following five incidents in five days
involving the aircraft, mostly involved with
problems with the lithium-ion batteries and
electrical systems. Both major Japanese airlines
ANA and JAL announced that they were voluntarily
grounding or suspending flights for their fleets
of 787s as well.
Authorities at this time have not reported the
location of the fire onboard the Ethiopian
Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but it now
raises new safety concerns for the long troubled
airliner.
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