Greece's civil aviation agency closes airspace to Boeing 737 MAX in response to Ethiopian Airlines crash


Devdiscourse News Desk | Athens | Updated: 13-03-2019 15:43 IST | Created: 13-03-2019 15:37 IST
Greece's civil aviation agency closes airspace to Boeing 737 MAX in response to Ethiopian Airlines crash
The EU aviation safety agency announced a ban on Tuesday, as this is the second fatal crash of the model in five months. Image Credit: Pixabay
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Greece's civil aviation agency on Wednesday said it had closed its airspace to Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people over the weekend."All airports have been ordered to ban flights of the specific model in Greek airspace as of yesterday afternoon," civil aviation agency head Constantinos Lintzerakos told state news agency ANA. The EU aviation safety agency announced a ban on Tuesday, as this is the second fatal crash of the model in five months.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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