HELLFIRE https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8911513/boeing-must-face-class-action-over-max-9-blowout/ (paywall) https://archive.is/cDFf4 A US federal judge has certified a class action accusing Boeing of prioritising profit over safety and overstating its commitment to safe aircraft, prior to the January 2024 mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaskan Airlines 737 MAXE 9. … Regards
HELLFIRE Nothing new that hasn’t really been mentioned before, but corroborates the story : https://simpleflying.com/virginia-judge-class-action-boeing-737-max-safety/ – Virginia Judge Certifies Class Action Against Boeing Over 737 MAX Safety https://archive.is/Ilbic … Shareholders filed a lawsuit against Boeing in January 2024, shortly after the mid-air door blowout incident on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9. They alleged that the company misled investors about aircraft safety and its safety procedures. … Regards
Rook Such a strange predicament. Shareholders: “need more profits!” Boeing: “here’s more profits.” Shareholders: “not like that!”
Blackbird So… if shareholders are theoretically the owners of a company proportional to their shares, then such a lawsuit implies shareholders would be suing themselves… a situation made to order for the hordes of tort lawyers.
HELLFIRE https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-appeals-court-decertifies-boeing-class-action-stemming-max-9-blowout-2026-07-20/ – Boeing class action over MAX 9 blowout decertified by US appeals court … The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said shareholders led by Rhode Island’s state treasurer did not show how damages could be calculated on a classwide basis, or how much Boeing’s 40 alleged misrepresentations artificially inflated its stock price at any particular time. … Boeing faces a separate shareholder class action stemming from the MAX crashes, which a Chicago federal judge certified in March. Regards