The families of the victims of the 737 Max accident say the plane is still unsafe, calling for a public inquiry

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A Boeing 737 MAX jet prepares to land at Boeing Field after a test flight on Wednesday September 30, 2020 in Seattle. Families of Canadians killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash say the plane is unsafe and should remain on the ground, despite being cleared for takeoff by regulators in the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS / AP, Elaine Thompson

Families of Canadians killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash say the plane is unsafe and should remain on the ground, despite being cleared for takeoff by regulators in the United States.

Paul Njoroge, whose wife, three children died in the March 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, told the House of Commons transportation committee on Tuesday that the plane was still “unstable.”

He and Chris Moore, whose daughter was among 18 Canadian citizens who lost their lives, are calling for an independent investigation into Transport Canada’s validation of Boeing’s best-selling aircraft.

Moore says Canadians deserve to know why Transport Canada did not intervene even after issuing a letter of concern prior to the crash on the Max plane’s anti-stall system, which safety regulators said US authorities did not have properly reviewed.

Transport Canada said last week that its recertification standards for the Max 8 diverge from those of US regulators, including additional cockpit procedures and differences in pilot training.

Max planes have been on the ground since March 2019 after the fatal crashes of a Lion Air flight near Jakarta in October 2018 and the Ethiopian Airlines flight less than five months later.