Speaking on RTÉ Radio’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show from Frankfurt airport where she was en route to Ireland from Addis Ababa with his remains, she said he was coming home as “a UN hero” because of “all the lives he has saved.”

His mother said there is now a road in Bangladesh called to the Ryan road while Micheál has been posthumously appointed Chief Engineer of the UN World Food Programme.

Boeing’s 737 MAX fleet has been grounded by airlines around the world for the last three weeks.

Passengers who were due to fly on Norwegian’s transatlantic services from Cork and Shannon will be re-routed via Dublin until the end of June.

The airline was due to take charge of its first 737 Max jet next month

Airbus secured a $35bn (€31bn) jet deal from China during a state visit by President Xi Jinping to France, dealing a blow to Boeing as it grapples with the grounding of its best-selling jet.

Norwegian said in response to the suspension of Boeing 737 Max planes by European aviation authorities, which are used on its Cork and Shannon routes to the US, it would transport passengers by bus to Dublin, where they will fly on different Boeing aircraft.

The chief of Norwegian Air International has been asked to directly clarify what is to happen to passengers intending to fly from Cork and Shannon to the US next month, as the crisis around Boeing’s grounded 737 Max intensified.

Passengers booked to fly from Cork to the US east coast in two weeks’ time face an anxious wait as Norwegian Air International scrambles to replace its grounded Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

Norwegian Air International, which flies Boeing’s 737 Max to the US east coast from Irish airports, has no plans to abandon orders of the aircraft, even as the Ethiopian Airlines crash looks

The type of plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes in the past five months has carried thousands of passengers to and from Ireland — and aviation authorities have no plans to ground 737 Max aircraft.

The loss of a young, active life is always tragic, especially if that person is a parent of young children.

So that’s Monday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

QF9 was the call sign used by the Australian airline Qantas earlier this week for the first non-stop flight between Perth and London.

One World Trade Center in New York City — rebuilt after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks — is to go green on St Patrick’s Day for the first time.

Dublin Airport has broken its previous passenger numbers in a single year, even with December traffic still to come.

Passenger numbers at Dublin airport have recovered to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis. 

The chief executive of Dublin Airport Authority, Kevin Toland, has said he is “very confident” of reaching a long-term sustainable solution for Cork Airport.

Travel agents experienced a 30% surge in bookings as record numbers thronged the annual Holiday World Show in Dublin.

The decision by Ethiopian Airlines to launch a service connecting Dublin with Adis Ababa and Los Angeles emphasises why free trade between small and large economies is so key.

An Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit, hijacked the plane bound for Italy and diverted it to Geneva where he asked for asylum.

An Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked a plane bound for Rome and flew it to Switzerland, where he wanted to seek asylum, officials said today.

A Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo has returned to the US amid a suspected fuel pump issue on the Boeing 787 aircraft.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner caught fire at Heathrow Airport today.

A Boeing 787 operated by Ethiopian Airlines flew from Ethiopia to Kenya’s capital today, the first commercial flight since air safety authorities grounded the Dreamliners after incidents with smouldering batteries on two different planes in January.

A battery beneath the cockpit of the Boeing 787 forced to make an emergency landing in Japan was swollen from overheating, a safety official said today, as India joined the US and Japan in grounding the aircraft because of fire risk.

LEBANON’S marine commandos yesterday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said.

Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people.

THE pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon’s transportation minister said yesterday.

AN Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early yesterday, setting off a frantic search as passenger seats, baby sandals and other debris washed ashore.

An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in flames early today, just minutes after take-off from Beirut, authorities said.

Ninety people were feared dead today after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the sea off Lebanon in stormy weather, minutes after take-off, a government minister said.

Airbus parent EADS today plunged to its first loss in two years amid lingering uncertainty over major aircraft programmes.

The FTSE 100 Index set a new 14-month high today after mining stocks improved by as much as 8% in morning trading.

Madonna has arrived in Malawi to visit the girls school she is building in the impoverished country where she adopted two children, an official for her African charity said tonight.

The pilot who managed to safely land a plane on the Hudson River in New York today, saving the lives of all 150 passengers on board, did “absolutely everything right,” according to an aviation expert.

NINE bombs exploded across Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa yesterday, killing three and injuring more than 42.

Nine bombs exploded across Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa today, killing three and injuring more than 42, in what police call a co-ordinated attempt to discredit the government.

IDI AMIN’S wife and daughter flew to Saudi Arabia this week to visit the dying former dictator of Uganda, government officials in Kampala said yesterday.

Ethiopian Airlines security guards killed two men who attempted to hijack one of the company’s aircraft while it was travelling on an internal flight.

Six university students armed with hand grenades and pistols who seized an Ethiopian plane with at least 50 passengers and diverted it to Khartoum have released all their hostages and surrendered, officials said today.