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Jan 19, 2021 1:19 AM -
Transport Canada has cleared the Boeing 7-37 MAX to return to Canadian airspace beginning Wednesday, capping a recertification process without precedent in the history of modern aviation.
The planes will be permitted to fly as long as they meet several conditions, including allowing pilots to disable a faulty warning system that was key to two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says Canadians can rest assured that his department has diligently addressed all safety issues that led to the planes being grounded worldwide in 2019.
The planes have been grounded since March 2019 following the crashes of a Lion Air flight near Jakarta on Oct. 29, 2018, and an Ethiopian Airlines flight on March 10, 2019, killing a total of 346 people.
Investigators determined that the cause of both crashes was a faulty computer system that pushed the plane's nose downward in flight.
