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50 Ethiopian immigrants sentenced to lengthy jail term with hard labor in Zambia

April 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Getahune Bekele Although the word “hard labour” sounds brutal and primitive, Zambian magistrate Shadreck Chanda was merciless in passing judgment when he sent 50 destitute Ethiopians to jail for entering the landlocked nation illegally on 29 March 2013. The Ethiopians … read more »

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Ethiopian Airlines grounds Boeing 787s amid safety fears

January 19, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ethiopian Airlines said on Friday that it had grounded its Boeing 787 Dreamliners after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a safety review of the aircraft. Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. (Rendering by Boeing) The FAA issued a directive … read more »

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US: Lawsuit filed over Nigerian plane crash

June 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Chicago – A man whose wife died when a Nigerian commercial airliner crashed into a crowded neighbourhood in that country’s largest city filed a lawsuit in the United States on Thursday that blames the accident, at least in part, on … read more »

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Ethiopian Pilots Complete Training for 787 Dreamliner

April 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Source: Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines, the first African airline to operate the 787, has trained eight pilots on the 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing Flight Services campus located at Gatwick, London. Additional batches of trainees are conducting … read more »

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Mali arrests 4 in ‘Air Cocaine’ probe

March 24, 2011 by benim

Bamako – Authorities in Mali have arrested four people after an aircraft loaded with 10 tons of cocaine crashed in the country in 2009, a source close to the probe said on Thursday. Malian authorities suspect the aircraft was part … read more »

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US official says Nigerian vote could boost reform efforts

March 9, 2011 by benim

A US trade official visiting Nigeria on Wednesday expressed hope that upcoming elections in the West African nation would boost efforts toward reform and reducing corruption. Suresh Kumar, assistant secretary for trade promotion, said he would stress the need for … read more »

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Ethiopia – Delta puts 80-Year-Old Grandma on the wrong plane (Video)

February 24, 2011 by benim

DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Va. (WUSA) — Nefissa Yesuf was flying from Atlanta to Dulles to visit her grandchildren. She ended up about 400 miles away in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her granddaughter, Malika Adem, was on her way to Dulles to … read more »

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Ethiopian Airlines pilot was alerted of imminent crash: report

February 14, 2011 by benim

BEIRUT: The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed shortly after takeoff from Beirut in January last year received several cockpit warnings that disaster was imminent, according to an investigative report probing the disaster, made public over the weekend. … read more »

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Panic on Qantas flight

January 25, 2011 by benim

Australian airline Qantas said an air conditioning problem likely caused one of its jets to depressurise mid-flight on Tuesday, prompting the pilot to rapidly descend and panicking passengers. Oxygen masks were deployed as the plane dropped from its cruising altitude … read more »

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Seattle volunteers to bring lifesaving equipment to Ethiopian hospital

January 24, 2011 by benim

When Steve Sands walked into the overcrowded Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia in late October, he knew it would be poorly equipped. Just how poorly, he hadn’t anticipated. “It was actually kind of scary,” says Sands, a Seattle-based clinical engineer. … read more »

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Emirates Airbus plane bumps into Ethiopia’s new Boeing

January 8, 2011 by benim

A recently delivered Ethiopia’s new Boeing 777-200 LR, one of the first ever owned by an African airliner, has collided with an Emirates’ Airbus A340 at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport. The incident happened on Tuesday when the Emirates plane, … read more »

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Emirates plane collides with Ethiopian New Boeing 777

January 6, 2011 by benim

Ethiopian Airlines’ new Boeing 777-200 LR collided with Emirates’ Airbus A340 yesterday at Bole International Airport. The incident happened when the Emirates plane was trying to take-off to Entebbe International Airport while the Boeing 777 was parked at Stand 17 … read more »

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Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines Refutes Speculative Reports in Reference to ET-409 Accident

January 5, 2011 by benim

There have been repeated attempts by some Lebanese media to sway the public opinion by publishing unfounded and speculative information as to the cause behind the accident of ET-409 on January 25, 2010. As part of this continued and rather … read more »

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Ethiopian Airlines Becomes Major African Freight Transporter

November 22, 2010 by benim

Ethiopian Airlinestransported 87 percent of the total freights by African Airlines in 2009, African Airlines Association (AFRAA) annual report indicated. “…Out of five AFRAA member airlines, which transported a total of 44,225 tons of freight in 2009, Ethiopian Airlines accounted … read more »

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