Passengers Are Suing Alaska Airlines And Boeing For Experience After Door Flew Off
The lawsuit alleges that Boeing delivered a plane with a faulty door plug and that Alaska management deemed unsafe to fly over the ocean but continued to fly it over land.
Four passengers are suing Alaska Airlines and Boeing for the experience they encountered after an incident earlier this month.
Alaska Airlines flight 1282 was forced to make an emergency landing just minutes after taking off. The plug of an unused exit door flew off causing it to detach from the Boeing 737 Max 9 leaving a large hole, depressurizing the cabin and exposing passengers to open air thousands of feet above ground.
No one was seriously injured and the plane landed safely. However, two California residents and two Washington State residents who were on board at the time are suing both Alaska Airlines and Boeing for alleged injuries including “intense fear, distress, anxiety, trauma and physical pain.”
The lawsuit alleges that Boeing delivered a plane with a faulty door plug and that Alaska management deemed unsafe to fly over the ocean but continued to fly it over land.
The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages for alleged negligence against both companies.
