According to CNN, Air Canada's seat-back entertainment screens redacted Israel's name from its map. The problem was found only on the airline's Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which play an important role in the airline's short-haul domestic and international markets.

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

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

Air Canada has apologized for an in-flight display map that showed a Middle East without Israel. The airline deactivated the map display in its Boeing 737 fleet this week after a passenger complained that the map labeled the area as "Palestinian Territories,