Rwanda closes airspace to Boeing 737-8 Max and 737-9 Max airplanes

The directive puts Rwanda on the list of countries that have suspended the flights of the airplanes including USA, China, Singapore, and Indonesia among others.

There airplanes have been reportedly involved in two fatal accident over the past five months.
The accident in which Boeing 737-8 Max belonging Ethiopian Airlines was involved took place last Sunday and follows another of the plane belonging to Lion Air Flight from Indonesia which took lives of 189.

RCA has released a statement informing pilots and aircrafts operators of any Boeing 737-8 Max and Boeing 737-9 Max not to conduct any flight in Rwanda’s airspace effective until further notice.

Both crafts belonging to Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air flight involved in fatal accidents recently were brand new and crashed few minutes after taking off.

So far, 50 countries including Rwanda, Tunisia and Ethiopia have suspended these aircrafts.