Accident victims’ families said Transport Canada’s approval of the 737 Max looks “imminent” – Canada News

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Danielle Moore

The father of a young woman who died in the Boeing 737 Max crash last year says federal officials have told the victims’ families that approval of the besieged plane is “imminent.”

Chris Moore, who lost his 24-year-old daughter Danielle in the tragedy, says Transport Canada’s head of civil aviation briefed family members in a virtual meeting on Wednesday the department is on the verge of validating the changes to the plane. which has already been cleared for take-off in the United States.

The Max has been stopped in Canada since March 2019, after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board.

Moore says he is concerned that the review processes that led regulators to give the green light to a defective plane remain in place.

Transport Canada has spent months reviewing the changes made to the Max over the past 20 months, including critical flaws in its anti-stall software.

Amy Butcher, spokesperson for Transport Minister Marc Garneau, says the potential approval would be the first step on the way back to the track, a process that won’t finish before January and would impose a complex return to service plan, including instructions. training and maintenance for airlines.