Three Alaska Airlines passengers have filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the airline and Boeing over an in-flight panel explosion earlier this year.
In January, an Alaska Airlines flight from Oregon to California was forced to make an emergency landing after an exit door panel was blown off.
One February press releaseAtlanta-based aviation law firm Jonathan W. Johnson LLC said three people who were on the horrific plane recently filed a lawsuit against the airline and Boeing.
The complaint, filed by the law firm on behalf of Kyle Rinker, Amanda Strickland and Kevin Kwok, calls the incident “an unavoidable accident that put hundreds of innocent lives at risk.” He claimed that.
“Further inspections should have been conducted before the aircraft went into service. We are holding Boeing accountable for its negligence that caused extreme panic, fear, and post-traumatic stress. This experience has affected the lives of 174 passengers and crew members. For these reasons, the lawsuit argues that the accident was preventable, that the manufacturing defect affected many other aircraft, and that the Boeing 737 Max 9 They are seeking massive punitive damages from Boeing for threatening the lives of all passengers on the plane. “Following the incident, all activities were suspended by the FAA,” the law firm said.
The lawsuit seeks both compensatory and punitive damages, alleging that the “terrible and fatal failure of the Boeing aircraft” left three passengers with “severe mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress and physical injuries.” “He suffered physical, emotional and psychological damage.” ” CBS News report. It added that the sudden change in air pressure caused “some passengers to bleed from their ears.”
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation is still ongoing, but a preliminary report released in February found the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane was missing bolts needed to secure the exit door panels in place. It turned out that it may have been shipped from the factory. The report noted that the door was designed to close with four bolts and 12 “clasps.”
After completing an extensive investigation, members of the Federal Aviation Administration’s expert panel found that “there is a disconnect between Boeing’s senior management and the rest of the organization regarding safety culture.” The committee’s report claimed there were “gaps” in Boeing’s safety, including “a lack of awareness of safety-related metrics at all levels of the organization.”
Boeing is already facing problems such as: class action lawsuit Passengers on the flight filed a lawsuit claiming that the explosion “injured some passengers physically and left most, if not all, psychologically traumatized.”
The aircraft manufacturer’s shareholders also filed a complaint against the company, blaming its “serious safety deficiencies” and “inadequate quality control” for January’s midair eruption.
Alaska Airlines told CBS News it cannot comment on pending litigation. Boeing told the press: “We have nothing to add.”
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