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Alaska Airlines passengers sue over door plug blowout: 'This is the end'
Headline from ABC 7 New York, on the newest of 2 developments
Four people are suing Alaska Airlines and Boeing for the "terror" they say they experienced after a door plug "blew off" during their flight, according to a complaint.
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Spirit AeroSystems, the manufacturer of the Alaska Airlines door plug that detached from the 737 Max 9 plane midflight, said Wednesday it’s supporting the NTSB investigation into the failure.
A door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane detached just minutes after Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon, en route to Ontario, California.
Alaska Airlines passengers filed a lawsuit against The Boeing Company on Thursday after a "‘plug’ type passenger door" flew off the plane in the middle of a flight last week.
The lawsuit quotes Boeing CEO David Calhoun, who admitted to employees in a meeting Tuesday that the company is "acknowledging our mistake" in the wake of the incident.
Four people are suing Alaska Airlines and Boeing for the "terror" they say they experienced after a door plug "blew off" during their flight, according to a complaint.
Four Alaska Airlines passengers aboard the Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane when a piece of fuselage blew out earlier this month have sued both the manufacturer and the airline.
The passengers named in the lawsuit are asking for compensation for physical injuries, emotional distress and economic losses, including from medical and travel expenses.
Four people are suing Alaska Airlines and Boeing for the "terror" they say they experienced after a door plug "blew off" during their flight, according to a complaint.
Four passengers aboard a Boeing 737 Max plane that had a plug door blow off during an Alaska Airlines flight are suing the manufacturer and the airline for compensation.
