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Canada Bans Boeing 737 Max, U.S. Remains Last Holdout
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration still sees “no basis” for grounding the 737 Max.
The first Boeing 737 Max 8 takes off for its maiden flight in 2016. (Photo: Boeing)
The first Boeing 737 Max 8 takes off for its maiden flight in 2016. (Photo: Boeing)

Following the lead of most of the world’s aviation authorities, Canada’s Ministry of Transportation on Wednesday moved to ban the Boeing 737 Max from flying in its airspace. Transport minister Marc Garneau cited satellite tracking data that shows certain similarities between the Ethiopian Airlines Max 8 that crashed on Sunday outside Addis Ababa, killing 157, and the October 29 crash of a Lion Air Max 8 into the Java Sea, which killed 189. The U.S. now stands as the last country to allow Boeing 737 Max operations now that Canada has closed its airspace to the model.