During a flight from the Alaska Airlines company in the United States in January 2024, the left-wing left door of a 737 MAX 9 detached from the cabin in full flight, causing the depressurization of the aircraft.
Almost a year and a half after the incident that went around the world, four air hostesses and stewards on board 1282 Alaska Airlines, whose door cap detached in January 2024, announced that they had complained against Boeing for “Physical and mental injuries”.
On January 5, 2024, during the ascent phase of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operating the flight 1282 of Alaska Airlines between Portland (Oregon) and Ontario (California), a coron – seamless holder condemning a redundant emergency exit – had detached itself, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage and making some light injuries. This incident revealed the quality problems of the aeronautical manufacturer.
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Adam Fisher, Michelle Hughes, Steven Maller and Christine Vasconcellos have filed a complaint due to “Physical and mental injuries”of the “Emotional distress” which followed the ejection of the door and decompression in the cabin, as well as “Other damages of a personal and financial nature”.
“This act of negligence caused physical and psychological damage, which deeply affected my personal and professional life. This resulted in many difficulties in finding the job of my dreams, which I practiced with pride ”says Michelle Hughes in a press release. Christine Vasconcellos judges for her part that “This event should never have happened”.
“Courage” of the hostesses
Their lawyer Tracy Brameier praised the «courage» of the four crew members with ABC News. “They followed the instructions to the letter by giving priority to passengers, despite their fears for their own lives. They deserve total compensation for this traumatic and overwhelming experience, caused by the negligence of Boeing in the production process of the 737 max. ” Questioned by the American press, the American aeronautical giant declined all requests for comments on this file.
At the beginning of February 2024, one month after the incident, a preliminary report, overwhelming for the aeronautical giant, had been published: the absence of wear or deformation at certain locations indicated that “Four bolts planned to prevent the cork holder from moving up were missing before it moves”. The report pointed out writings and photos showing that Boeing employees had removed these bolts during an inspection at its Renton assembly plant (northwest).
The flight incident 1282 made a magnifying glass on quality problems at Boeing, affecting three of its four families of commercial aircraft (737, 787 Dreamliner, 777). He resulted in audits and surveys (police, justice, congress), put under increased surveillance by regulators, renewal of the management team and reopening of the penal file linked to Crashes of 2018 and 2019 (346 dead).
