Air Canada has apologised after a passenger discovered that some of its aircraft displayed maps labelling the region of Israel as the "Palestinian territories". The issue, affecting 40 Boeing 737 MAX planes,

Forty Boeing 737 MAX planes were found to have moving maps that had erased Israel, labeling the state as “Palestinian Territories.”

Air Canada has apologized after the revelation that at least 40 of its aircrafts did not display Israel as a state on their in-flight entertainment systems. Instead of showing Israel, the map on the carrier’s Boeing 737 MAX fleet replaced it with “Palestinian territories.

Air Canada is working to correct an in-flight map which replaced the State of Israel with “Palestinian territories.” The error was first noticed by a passenger on a recent flight from Vancouver to Montreal.

Air Canada has disabled the map functionality on its 737 MAX twinjets after passengers observed that Israel had been removed.