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Costa Rica joins countries that close airspace to the Boeing 737 MAX

by Q COSTARICA Thursday 14 March 2019, 10:27 am 2k Views

Costa Rica’s Dirección General de Aviación Civil – Civil Aviation – on Wednesday, March 13 announced that, until further notice, the operation of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 aircraft in the Costa Rican airspace is prohibited.
Copa is among the airlines that operate to and from Costa Rica that include the 737 Max among their fleet: The others are American, Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Southwest, United, and WestJet.
The Director of Civil Aviation, Captain Guillermo Hoppe Pacheco, indicated that the decision is taken as a preventive measure, primarily for the safety of all passengers and crew.
Since Monday, a day after the Ethiopian Airlines crash, many countries began to temporarily ban the operation of these aircraft in their airspaces. Fifty countries have now