After the disaster of the Ethiopian plane, a large ban on flights of Boeing Max

Europe and countries on several continents have closed their airspace to Boeing 373 Max planes after one crash in Ethiopia on Sunday, further exacerbating the plight of the US company, which has lost billions of dollars and faces one of the most difficult moments in its history.

The European Civil Aviation Authority (ECA) has decided to ban the Max 8 and Max 9 flights from European countries starting at 7 p.m. this evening.

The Commission confirmed in a statement the suspension of all flights of these categories, whether destined for or departing from the European Union or traveling within it, regardless of whether the operators are from Europe or from other countries.

Before the release of the European civil aviation statement, several European countries decided to take unilateral decisions to prevent the Boeing 373 Max flying in its airspace in what it called a precautionary measure.

Germany, France, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands have also decided to suspend their flights using 12 Boeing 373 Max aircraft from Wednesday.

Airlines in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, India and Australia have taken measures to either stop the flights altogether or severely restrict their use on flights.

In Latin America, similar decisions were issued by airlines in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Oman, Kuwait and the UAE also joined the list of countries that use Boeing 373 Max flights.

The development comes amid concerns over the safety of this model of Boeing aircraft since it was in a few months of two fatal accidents.

Two days ago, a Max 8 plane crashed six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa on its way to Nairobi, killing all 157 passengers, and another crashed in October in Indonesia just minutes after taking off. , Killing 189 were on board.

The United States has decided to continue operating these aircraft, but the Federal Aviation Agency has asked Boeing to make changes to the control system and software with its aircraft "Max 8" and "Max 9" no later than next month.

Boeing replied
Meanwhile, Boeing said it had "complete confidence" in the safety of its 737Max fleet, although the model suffered two fatal accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia, killing 346 people.

While the technical explanation for the reason for the crash is expected to take off shortly after taking off from the Ethiopian capital, Boeing faces one of the most difficult financial and marketing conditions in its history.

The Ethiopian plane crash caused the company's share price to fall, losing 13 percent of its value Monday to its biggest drop in nearly two decades.

The new incident poses a major challenge to the US company, and has caused investors to worry, which is reflected in the decline of shares in trading on Monday.

While the cause of the Boeing crash in Indonesia has yet to be known, the crash of a similar aircraft in Ethiopia has drawn attention to a defect that could prompt the plane's computer to believe it is about to land.

While Ethiopian airlines have delayed the suspension of four of their aircraft, investigators from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Agency have joined a technical team from Boeing and US investigators from the civil aviation authorities, while Emirates said the UAE Civil Aviation Authority was involved in the investigations.