Passenger sues Boeing after plane fuselage splits

Six passengers on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 whose door panel came loose sued Boeing, demanding compensation for physical and mental injuries.

Six passengers and a relative filed a lawsuit against the aircraft manufacturer Boeing in a Seattle court on January 11. The plaintiffs' lawyer, Daniel Laurence, said they suffered concussions, bruises, difficulty breathing, bleeding from the ears, and psychological trauma after the Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane's fuselage disintegrated mid-flight on January 5.

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon, bound for Ontario, California. Just 20 minutes later, the plane carrying 177 people had to make an emergency landing when the door panel bolted to replace the emergency exit door blew off mid-air.

"This horrific experience caused economic , physical and emotional damage, deeply affecting our clients," lawyer Laurence said in a statement. Passengers also alleged that many of the oxygen masks on the plane were ineffective.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun admitted on January 9 that mistakes were made in the crash. Attorney Laurence said Mr. Calhoun's statement was the impetus for this class action lawsuit.

Boeing declined to comment on the statement from its lawyers.

The door seal was blown off on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 during the incident. Photo: Reuters

Following the incident, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspended operations of all 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft for inspection, causing many flights to be canceled.

Alaska Airlines and United Airlines said on January 8 that they discovered loose screws on many Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft during preliminary inspections, raising concerns among industry experts about the manufacturing and licensing process of Boeing's best-selling aircraft.

The FAA said on January 9 that Boeing is revising its inspection and maintenance guidelines, which need to be approved by the agency before being applied to the 171 grounded 737 MAX 9s.

The new incident could deal a serious blow to Boeing's reputation, which has already been severely damaged by the 737 MAX 8 model being grounded worldwide following two catastrophic crashes in 2018 and 2019, which killed 346 people. Investigations into those crashes found multiple problems with the design of the 737 MAX 8's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), but the FAA has not yet fully disclosed the details.

Duc Trung (According to Washington Post )

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