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Ethiopian Plane Crash: Which Arab Countries Use Boeing 737 Max8?  


Tue 12 Mar 2019 | 12:33 PM
Nawal Sayed

By Nawal Sayed

CAIRO, March 12 (SEE) - After the crash of an Ethiopian Air and the killing of passengers and crew members on Sunday, SEE reveals how many Arab countries own the 737 Max8 aircrafts.

A number of airlines in the Arab world are using this type of aircraft, including flydubai, Oman Airways and Morocco. None of these companies - but the latter - suspended the use of these aircraft after the incident.

On its part, the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered Boeing to modify its 737Max 8 and 737Max 9 aircraft.

[caption id="attachment_40408" align="alignnone" width="795"] An Ethiopian police officer walks past debris of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner[/caption]

The modification demanded by the US administration includes issues related to software, fall-avoidance systems, training programs and crew instructions.

A team from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take part in the crash-related investigations in cooperation with members of the National Transport Safety Board in Ethiopia.

The US, which decided to allow the 737 Max 8 model to continue flying, said that Boeing is obliged to implement this request "by next April."

[caption id="attachment_40409" align="aligncenter" width="755"] Ethiopian police officers walk past debris of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner[/caption]

Moreover, a number of international airlines, including Royal Air of Morocco, decided to ban the use of the 737 Max 8, following the death of 157 people last Sunday.

Brazil's Jules Airlines joined other airlines on Tuesday, and decided to stop using its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

"Given that security is our first value, the company has temporarily suspended its commercial operations with its 737Max 8," Jules said in a statement.

Singapore's Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority (CAA) also announced a ban on the use of Boeing 737 Max aircraft in its airspace.

"We temporarily suspend the operations of all Boeing 737 Max aircraft from and to Singapore in the light of two fatal accidents involving Boeing 737 Max aircraft in less than five months," CAA revealed in a statement.

[caption id="attachment_40410" align="aligncenter" width="755"] Ethiopian police officers walk past the debris of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner[/caption]