Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Plane, Boeing Dreamliner Takes Flight in Japan for the First Time in a While By: Nina Bharadwaj


     The plane, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took flight on Sunday from an airport in Tokyo. This has been the first flight in Japan since safety issues have been added to the Dreamliner. Japan had allowed people to continue flying the aircraft in Japan on Friday. This was told by officials. Nippon Airways authorities said that the official test flight was on Sunday.
     The Dreamliner left the Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Sunday morning. Nippon officials boarded the plane along with the chairman, Shinichiro Ito, and Ray Conner, the CEO of Boeing Commercial airplanes. The plane safely landed after around two hours, said Boeing. Boeing stated "With the successful completion of today's flight, Boeing will continue to work closely with airline customers in Japan and other countries on ... modification work to safely return additional 787's to flight in the coming weeks." This flight has marked a special occasion in Japan. Although, this aircraft was not the first Dreamliner to fly since problems appeared. Airlines in Ethiopia flew passengers from Nairobi, Addia Ababa, to Kenya. This happened on Saturday.
     About 50 Dreamliners worldwide have been unable to fly for a greater time period than three months. This is due to the fact that two accidents on aircrafts (that had been worked on by Japanese airlines) had forced the battery systems to be called into question they blamed these accidents on the battery machines. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration made fixes to the battery system, last week, and in an online post on Thursday they announced the changes they made in order for the aircraft to take air.
     In fact, the next day, All Nippon and the airlines in Japan (the largest Dreamliner corporations) had started to install changed lithium iron to their 787 jets. The new use of light materials to improve fuel economy has allowed it to be a big seller in Asia as well as the Middle East. This is where long flights cost for most airline businesses.
Analysis: The author of this article, Yoko Wakatusi, wrote this article to inform us on the improvements that Japan has made on something  huge. This is for all audiences so that we can take note on how progress has been made on something and that people are fixing mistakes. The main idea of this article is that the Dreamliner 787 has taken flight in Japan, and Boeing assures that more 787's flights will return in the coming weeks. There is no sense of bias in the article. Everything is just facts and statistics.
I think it is amazing that so much progress has been made. I like how people are taking action about a problem and not just sitting around waiting for others to fix the problem. I am glad that this test flight worked out safely because it proves that if we put our minds to something then we will great good results. I hope that we can keep this attitude towards other future projects.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/27/travel/japan-dreamliner-flight/index.html?hpt=ias_c2

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