The company's pilots had refused to fly them

The pilots of the Aerolineas Argentinas have decided not to take service on the Boeing 737-8 Max until the government authorities and the company confirm the safety of the operations of this aircraft, similar to that of the Ethiopian company which crushed the day before, killing 157 people

In a statement, the Airline Pilots Association (APLA) said that in response to "two recent accidents of a Boeing 737 MAX," asked today (for yesterday) "the preventive measures taken by ANAC and Aerolineas Argentinas for crew safety (pilots and TCP) and pbadengers".

"Unfortunately, despite the haste of the case – says the statement issued yesterday afternoon – we have yet received no response from them."

He adds: "In light of the above, APLA has entrusted the pilots of Aerolineas Argentinas with the mandate not to take service on flights operated by Boeing 737 MAX", and stated that "the flights in progress are completed and returned to the base ". .

The entity considered that "the decisions taken by other airlines that temporarily suspended Boeing 737 MAX's operations and the lack of definition of Boeing 737 MAX or other regulatory bodies pre-emptively determine the need for to avoid the factors of fraud. " risk which would result from accidents occurring ".

"The current mandate is formulated until we receive from ARSA, or in its case, from the ANAC, sufficient information and guarantees from the absence of any risk in the operations with said aircraft, "said APLA after the accident. took off from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

At least four countries have suspended the use of the Boeing 737-8 Max aircraft, such as that of the Ethiopian company that fell today, in which 157 people died, until people had no About the causes of the wreck, while the actions of this factory They fell yesterday on Wall Street. At the moment, at least four of the 68 airlines that use this plane in the world, China, Mongolia, Indonesia and Ethiopia, have decided to leave their Boeing 737 MAX 8 on the ground until the end of the day. that the American aerospace company responsible for its manufacturing controls the devices and guarantee their safety.

In Latin America, the plane is used by at least four airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas (5), Aeroméxico (6), Copa Airlines (3) and Gol (6).