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Update: Boeing Reportedly Sued by Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Over January 2024 Blowout
Aug 1, 2025 10:09 AM

12:44 PM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Alaska Air's ( ALK ) statement in the fourth paragraph.)

Boeing ( BA ) is facing separate lawsuits from four flight attendants on Flight 1282 of Alaska Air Group's ( ALK ) Alaska Airlines over a 737 MAX 9 mid-air cabin panel blowout in January 2024, multiple media outlets reported.

According to the lawsuits filed Tuesday in Seattle's King County Superior Court, the flight attendants suffered physical and mental injuries and are seeking compensation for past and future economic damages, The Seattle Times reported Thursday.

The lawsuits accused Boeing ( BA ) of negligence and failure to exercise reasonable care in producing, selling and repairing 737 MAX jets and its parts, Reuters reported Friday.

An Alaska Air ( ALK ) spokesperson said in a statement emailed to MT Newswires that the company doesn't comment on active litigation.

Boeing ( BA ) declined to comment when contacted by MT Newswires.

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