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

After an internal investigation, Air Canada told CNN that the issue affected approximately 40 of its planes. In a joint statement with the French aerospace group Thales, which provides the in-flight entertainment systems, both companies issued an apology and explained the situation. A third company, which created the map, remains unidentified.

Air Canada has issued an apology after it was discovered that over 40 of its aircraft displayed "Palestinian territories" instead of Israel on their in-flight entertainment maps. The issue, which affected the airline's Boeing 737 MAX fleet,

Air Canada, has reduced flights to the U.S., including Florida, in response to lower demand caused by ongoing trade conflicts initiated by the United States. As flagged by AeroRoutes, Air Canada has begun adjusting its US-bound capacity,

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

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.