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Indonesian Air Force Intercepts Ethiopian Airlines Freighter
The non-scheduled Boeing 777 flight carried a Trent 1000 engine for maintenance in Singapore
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777F pictured at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. (Photo: Nahom Tesfaye)
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777F pictured at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. (Photo: Nahom Tesfaye)

Ethiopian Airlines is working with Indonesian authorities to clear up the miscommunication over traffic rights that led to the interception by the Indonesian air force of an Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 777-200F. The freighter entered Indonesian airspace as part of a flight from its hub at Addis Ababa to Singapore to bring an Ethiopian Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine to an engine shop in Singapore for overhaul. Ethiopia’s national carrier has more than 20 Boeing 787-8s and -9s in its fleet, of which four are powered with the Trent 1000 engines that require an upgrade of the intermediate pressure turbine blades that have exhibited durability issues. The European Aviation Safety Agency and the FAA recently certified a redesigned intermediate pressure compressor blade for the Trent 1000 Package C engine.


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