Boeing Hauled into Court Tomorrow Re: Alaska Flight 1282 Fiasco
A King County Superior Court judge will hear argument on Friday, October 31, 2025, on a summary judgment motion that seeks to hold Boeing liable for failure to secure the left mid-exit door plug in the 737-9 MAX aircraft, flown by Alaska Airlines as Flight 1282. The door plug detached mid-flight, causing...
NTSB Fails to Address Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Pressure Warnings Before Door Plug Blowout
SEATTLE, WA – June 24, 2025 - Today’s NTSB hearing on the Alaska Flight 1282 in-flight door mid-exit plug blowout did not fully answer important questions about what the airline may have known before then. The NTSB concludes that a Cabin Pressure Controller warning light microchip caused multiple warnings because it...
Inside the NTSB Hearing: Boeing’s 737-MAX Safety Failures and Accountability Crisis
Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board held a two-day, 20-hour long investigation hearing at its...
37 Passengers of Alaska Flight 1282 Allege Boeing Defrauded Regulators and the Public, Seek Punitive Damages
37 passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 are seeking to add claims to a lawsuit involving the door plug that blew out mid-flight on January 5, 2024. The proposed complaint alleges that Boeing defrauded the FAA, the Department of Justice, and the public with false promises to overhaul the company’s safety culture...
Boeing and Alaska Airlines Deny Legal Responsibility to Passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
The Boeing Company and Alaska Airlines filed answers in federal court on March 11, 2024, which formally admit the NTSB found door plug bolts essential to safe flight were missing. Alaska Airlines admits that passengers at the time of the incident “reported experiencing varying levels of physical and emotional distress” from the...
