France, June 18 -- French carmaker Citroen has told drivers to immediately stop using C3 and DS3 cars across Europe after a second person in mainland France was killed by a faulty Takata airbag.

On Tuesday, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot called for the immediate immobilisation of all C3 and DS3 models with Takata airbags still in circulation. He said the company's response had been "unacceptable and scandalous" and had "not matched the scale of the risk".

Shortly after, Citroen announced it was placing all affected vehicles under a stop-drive order across Europe.

"We have decided to move to a 'stop drive' to speed up repairs," Citroen's new director Xavier Chardon told the French news agency AFP.

The company said 441,000 affected...