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Flight attendants sue Boeing over MAX 9 mid air panel blowout

Four flight attendants from Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 who were injured by a cabin panel that blew out in mid-air last January are suing Boeing. They claim they suffered physical and mental injuries.

They are suing for compensation in separate lawsuits. They claim that they have suffered physical and mental injury, emotional distress, and other financial costs.

Tracy Brammeier said that each of the four plaintiffs had acted bravely by following their training, putting the safety of their passengers first, and doing so while they feared for their own lives.

They deserve compensation for the life-changing trauma they have experienced.

Alaska Airlines and Boeing both declined to comment.

The lawsuits, filed in Seattle's King County Superior Court on Tuesday, accuse Boeing and its subsidiaries of negligence in production, sale and repairs of 737 MAX aircraft and parts.

The filings stated that "Boeing was aware or should have been aware of the quality control problems present in the 737 MAX aircraft line."

The incident caused a crisis at Boeing and led the U.S. Justice Department, which opened a criminal probe into the company, to declare that Boeing did not comply with the 2021 deferred prosecutor agreement.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which was established by the United States government to ensure the safety of air travel, said that Boeing failed to provide sufficient training, guidance, and oversight in order to prevent this incident.

The board criticised Boeing's safety culture, its failure to install key bolts into the panel during production and the Federal Aviation Administration for ineffective oversight. Reporting by Shivani Tana, Chandni Shah and Gursimran Kour in Bengaluru. Additional reporting by Dheeraj Kumra and Editing Clarence Fernandez.

(source: Reuters)