Passengers want $1 billion after ‘scary, life-threatening incident’ of Boeing plane door plug

Boeing And Alaska Airlines is being sued for $1 billion in compensation by three passengers on the flight Flight 737 Max 9 had its infamous door panel blown off mid-flight. The lawsuit alleges negligence on both sides.

Announced on February 23, the lawsuit says both Boeing and Alaska Airlines were negligent for allegedly ignoring preventable warning signs January 5 eventbased on NBC News. With everything we’ve learned about Boeing over the past few years, these passengers might be on to something. Although only three people are named in the lawsuit, they are not the only ones who stand to benefit. It also seeks damages on behalf of other passengers who may have flown on Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraftbut Federal Aviation Administration was detained for a period of time after the incident.

“This experience endangered the lives of 174 passengers and 6 crew members on board. For those reasons, the lawsuit seeks significant punitive damages… for preventable incidents,” NBC News the lawsuit report says.

Here’s more information about the lawsuit, from CBS News:

A complaint was filed on February 20 in Multnomah County, Oregon, on behalf of Kyle Rinker, Amanda Strickland and Kevin Kwok, all of whom were on board Alaska Flight 1282 when an emergency exit was not in use. separate from the plane minutes during a scheduled trip from Portland to Ontario, California in early January. Multnomah County includes Portland.

The suit seeks both compensatory and punitive damages, to be determined at trial, from Boeing, the giant that manufactures the 737 Max 9 jetliner operated by Alaska Airlines.

“As a direct result of the horrific, life-threatening crash of the Boeing aircraft, Mr. Kwok, Mr. Rinker and Ms. Strickland suffered severe mental, emotional and psychological injuries, including post-traumatic stress and physical trauma,” the lawsuit said, noting that the sudden change in pressure inside the cabin “caused some passengers to bleed from their ears.”

Jonathan W. Johnson, LLC, an Atlanta-based aviation law firm that filed the complaint on behalf of Kwok, Rinker and Strickland, said in a New information posted that they hope to “hold Boeing accountable for its negligence, which caused extreme panic, fear and post-traumatic stress.” They called the explosion on Flight 1282 “a preventable incident” that not only threatened the lives of passengers and crew on that particular plane but also others manufactured by Boeing that had discovered in subsequent investigations to have similar defects.

The lawsuit alleges the incident on Flight 1282 “was just one horrific chapter in the growing story of Boeing and Alaska Airlines putting profits above safety.”

CBS News points out that although the plane landed safely back in Portland, several passengers suffered minor injuries and lost phones and other items.There were items sucked out of holes in the side of the planet. A teenager – who initially sat with his mother in the row next to the troubled door panel – had his shirt ripped off by the wind. At that time Parodied by “SNL” it was a terrible fate to endure.

The 737 Max 9 is owned by Alaska and United Airlines was allowed to fly again after the January 5 SNAFU, but both airlines said they were reconsidering whether to place more orders with Boeing for more Maxincluding the upcoming Max 10 longboi.