Alaska Airlines expects additional compensation from Boeing for the incident involving its Max 9 aircraft. The payment covers the airline's pretax loss, including lost revenue and the cost of returning the grounded fleet to service.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 awaits inspection at the hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash. The airline said Thursday that it expects additional compensation, the terms of which it said are confidential. The payment covered Alaska's pretax loss related to the accident, including lost revenue and the cost of returning its Max 9 fleet to service after the planes were grounded for three weeks. Boeing did not comment immediately.
A panel that plugs a gap left for an extra emergency exit blew off an Alaska Max 9 as it flew 16,000 feet over Oregon on Jan. 5. Pilots were able to land safely, and no one was injured. Alaska quickly grounded its other Max 9s, and the Federal Aviation Administration followed by grounding all Max 9s in the United States – affecting Alaska and United Airlines
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