The unlikely connection did not survive fact checking, though.
CNN host Brianna Keilar connected the Sunday crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 with the recent temporary government shutdown in the US.
Talking with US Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) Wednesday, Keilar asserted that the plane crashed because Boeing had failed to implement a pilot software upgrade in January, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was non-operational due to the shutdown.
« So Boeing actually failed to provide a software fix for the flight system in the 737 MAX 8 until after that October crash, » Keilar said.
