The UK has banned flights with Boeing 737 MAX over its airspace

The United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has ordered the shutdown of all commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max aircraft, arrivals and departures, or flights crossing the country's airspace.

This is a "precautionary measure" because of the tragedies suffered by pbadengers of this type of aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia, separated by less than six months and by units of less than two years.

Ethiopian Airlines, owner of the equipment that crashed last Sunday, Cayman Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Aeromexico, Aerolineas Argentinas and the Brazilian Gol are among the companies that made the decision to cancel the flights with the MAX models.

Of the accidents that occurred in Indonesia, on a Lion Air flight and in Ethiopia, 346 people died.

Little is known about the latest tragedy, but a preliminary report on the Lion Air accident in October 2018 indicates that a wrong measure of speed and altitude to help Defective sensors has caused the creation of the new MCAS automated system, which aims to prevent the aircraft from stalling, correcting the nose tilt of the aircraft, causing a dive. The lack of training of pilots to cope with this situation has also not been ruled out.

There are approximately 350 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in service around the world and although some countries have chosen to keep them on the ground, others have decided to allow the continuity of flights pending new relevant information.

In response, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing issued an emergency directive in November 2018 to all 737-MAX users on the danger of erroneous sensor readings. and their effects on MCAS. , requesting a review of certificates and procedures.

The Boeing 737 MAX is the latest model of the legendary short and medium-range aircraft that flew for the first time in 1967 and was designed by the American company founded in Seattle. This version launched in 2017, offered in variants 7, 8 and 9, offers increased automation, a quiet cabin and reduced fuel consumption, among other functions.