Seven people who allegedly suffered injuries after a door-sized panel blew off mid-air file suit against airline and manufacturer

Seven people who allegedly suffered injuries after a door-sized panel blew off mid-air file suit against airline and manufacturer

Seven passengers of the harrowing Alaska Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing after a door-sized panel blew off the plane are suing the airline and the aircraft’s manufacturer Boeing.

One of the plaintiffs is Cuong Tran, a passenger who was seated in a window seat right behind the door plug that blew out mid-air, causing rapid depressurization in the cabin of the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet. He was saved by his seatbelt as air rushed out of the hole, tearing off a pair of socks and one shoe and sucking away his iPhone.

He and six other plaintiffs, who suffered physical injuries and feared for their lives during their incident, according to their attorneys, are suing Alaska, the airline, Boeing, the plane’s manufacturer, and its supplier Spirit Aerosystems.

    • mortrek@lemmy.mlEnglish
      27·
      8 months ago

      I live near multiple major Boeing facilities and so a large percentage of the local population works there. Boeing, due to their hiring practices and sort of employee abuse and such, basically create (or attract) a creepy cult of weird psychotic narcissists, especially the white-collar workers. Not everyone that works there is like that, but the ones that work there for 20+ years almost always are. I have numerous relatives and know lots of other people who work there and they are all creepy, balding, extremely self-important and abusive people. Now other people may pipe in and say that they have a very different experience, but that’s been mine. Oh, and they all want everyone they come across to know that they work at Boeing. It’s a core part of their identity. They are desperate to impress everyone.

      My most recent experience with long-term Boeing employees was my psychopath uncle-in-law seemingly tried to murder his wife when she decided to divorce him after 20 years of abuse, mostly because it would have looked bad at work and made it harder for him to make “executive”.

      Honestly I relish in the lowering status of Boeing and its employees. It’s been a long time coming. They make some shitty jets these days, they have shitty business practices, there’s something clearly wrong with their corporate culture, and their cult of creeps have been a pain in everyone else’s asses for many years.

      I guess that’s all a long way of saying that Boeing probably doesn’t even have to hire anyone to kill whistleblowers. I would not be shocked if a “good employee” took it upon themselves to do it.

  • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
    23·
    8 months ago

    Did he put the other shoe back on after losing both socks? WTF is going on here?

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    21·
    8 months ago

    If I almost got sucked off on a plane and was left to fend for myself, I think I might sue as well. 😛

    (Is there a legal precedent for a pain and suffering judgment being rendered for blue balls?)

    • ProfessorProteus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      Not sure of you’re being sarcastic, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Boeing had an arbitration clause for almost dying due to their negligence. There nothing too depraved for them.