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4 passengers file new lawsuit against Alaska Airlines, Boeing after midair blowout

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Alaska Airlines and Boeing were hit with a lawsuit from four passengers who claimed they experienced “havoc, fear, trauma, [and] severe and extreme distress” during a midair blowout aboard a flight earlier this month. The suit, filed in King County Superior Court in Washington state, is seeking damages for personal injuries after a door plug … Read more

Boeing’s mid-air panel blowout has ‘shaken trust’. What travellers should know – National

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The fallout from the mid-air blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week adds to the already “checkered history” for Boeing’s MAX jets, experts say, and puts the company’s once-sterling commercial aircraft reputation further at risk. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun admitted earlier this week that the Virginia-based company made a mistake after … Read more