Accidents
EASA Suspends Boeing 737 Max Operations In and To Europe
The European safety agency joins China and several other jurisdictions as groundings of the Max mount.
One of five TUI Boeing 737 Max 8s now grounded by the UK CAA and EASA approaches Tenerife South Airport on a flight from Manchester. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Hawkeye UK)
One of five TUI Boeing 737 Max 8s now grounded by the UK CAA and EASA approaches Tenerife South Airport on a flight from Manchester. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Hawkeye UK)


The European Aviation Safety Agency on Tuesday followed several more countries’ civil aviation authorities in closing its airspace to Boeing 737 Max operations in reaction to the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines Max 8 crash that killed all 157 people on board. At 19:00 CET, Cologne-based EASA published an Airworthiness Directive suspending all flight operations of all Boeing 737-8s and 737-9s in Europe. EASA also has published a Safety Directive suspending all commercial Max flights performed by third-country operators into, within, or out of the EU.