Four separate lawsuits have been filed against Boeing by flight attendants who were working onboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in January 2024, when the airplane’s door plug blew out.
According to ABC News, four flight attendants, Adam Fisher, Michelle Hughes, Steven Maller and Christine Vasconcellos, filed four different lawsuits against Boeing, arguing that the incident caused them “physical and mental injuries, severe emotional distress, and other damages of a personal and pecuniary nature.”
In a report just last month, the National Transportation Safety Board found Boeing was the source of the safety incident, accusing the company of failing to “provide adequate training, guidance and oversight” in its factories.
Last year, passengers onboard the flight filed their own lawsuit against the airplane manufacturer, seeking $1 billion in damages.
Hughes said in a statement: “This act of negligence caused both physical and mental damages, which profoundly impaired my personal and professional life. It also resulted in many challenges to return to my dream job that I had proudly made my career.”
The lawsuits were filed in King County Superior Court in Seattle.
Lawyer Tracy Brammeier is representing all four of the flight attendants. She told ABC News: “When the door plug blew off the aircraft on flight 1282, each of the four flight attendants acted courageously, following their training and putting their passengers’ safety first while fearing for their lives. They deserve to be wholly compensated for this life-altering, traumatic experience caused by Boeing’s negligence in the 737 MAX production process.”
Seven passengers and one flight attendant were injured in the incident, while everyone onboard experienced the traumatic event when the cabin depressurized.
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