The Civil Aviation Authority of Moldova suspended the air operations with Boeing 737-8 and 737-9 model aircraft. As of March 13, 10am (universal coordinated hour), all the national and foreign airlines that operate flights to, from and above Moldova are banned from using aircraft of the models Boeing 737-8 and 737-9, IPN reports.
According to the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, the directive comes as a preventive measure to ensure the safety of passengers, crews and persons on ground in Moldova following the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max 8 shortly after takeoff last Sunday, when all 157 on board were killed - just months after a Lion Air crash of the same model crashed and killed 189 people in Indonesia.
Contacted by IPN, Rodica Rusu, head of the press service of Avia Invest company that administers the Chisinau International Airport, said no flights with Boeing 737-8 and 737-9 aircraft are operated to and from Chisinau.
