on may 19, 2018 the mexican government announced that its national civil aviation authority was to begin an operational audit of global air to see if the airline was in compliance with regulations, on may 21, 2018, the mexican directorate general of civil aviation temporarily revoked the company's airworthiness licence both following a fatal air accident in cuba when one of their aircraft, a boeing 737-200 adv. wet-leased to cubana de aviación, crashed shortly after takeoff from havana, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.