The General Civil Aviation Authority has said that no UAE airline operating the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft has been affected by a technical malfunction of one of the jets in the US on Friday.
US officials ordered the immediate grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft after an Alaska Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing when a window panel blew out after take-off, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage.
“None of the national airlines in the UAE are operating any of the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, affected by the technical malfunction,” the civil aviation body said on Sunday, Wam reported.
Dubai’s low-cost airline, flydubai, a major operator of the 737 Max aircraft, said its three 737 9 Max jets are unaffected by the directive issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
“Flydubai operates Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft with a deactivated mid-aft exit door configuration which is not referenced in the directive,” a flydubai representative told The…
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