An Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner has taken off from Addis Ababa, marking the primary commercial flight by the Boeing aircraft since all 787s were
grounded thanks to battery malfunctions.
The 50 planes around the globe were grounded in January after two lithium-ion battery meltdowns that occurred on two jets within two weeks.
The grounding of the Dreamliner fleet may have cost Boeing an $600 million, in accordance with reports, with deliveries being paused all over the world.
Over the past few week Boeing engineers were fitting new batteries to the aircraft.
The Ethiopian Airlines plane, which was bound for Nairobi, Kenya, landed safely at 11:45 local time.