JUST IN: US officials say the recent government shutdown played a part in the delay of Boeing's software update for its 737 Max aircraft, the Wall Street Journal reports
Boeing announced Monday it had been working on a software fix for the 737 Max aircraft over"the past several months and in the aftermath" of Lion Air Flight 610 that went down in late October over the Java Sea off Indonesia, killing 189 passengers. The process was underway before the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash over the weekend, which killed 157 people and also involved a 737 Max. Both flights crashed minutes into their journeys.
The FAA was one of the agencies affected by the government shutdown, which began on December 22 and spanned 35 days. The agency had to recall thousands of its aviation inspectors from furlough over safety concerns.The FAA determined that the delay in the update was acceptable because its experts and Boeing deemed there was no imminent safety threat, an unnamed source briefed on the discussions told the Journal. Boeing declined to comment to CNN about the Wall Street Journal's reporting.
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