I don’t understand why so much American media is blaming the airline for this, wasn’t it Boeing’s fault?
IIRC Alaska Airlines knew the plane had issues and decided to keep flying it anyway.
So yes, it’s Boeing’s fault the plane’s door blew off, but Alaska Airlines also deserves blame for continuing to fly a plane that was reporting issues with the door hatch.
The plane was 10 weeks old…
Doesn’t the airline still need to inspect and maintain the planes after purchase?
Yes, but these are likely coming loose due to vibrations over many flights. Other airlines did an inspection after this news broke and found similar problems. Alaska was just the first to run into issues from it.
Doesn’t that confirm it’s the airline’s responsibility then? Things wear down after using them a lot. That’s why owners (airlines) need to maintain them.
It’s not the first time Alaska’s shoddy maintenance practices caused an incident. At least this one didn’t kill 88 people like the last one. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-price-of-an-hour-the-crash-of-alaska-airlines-flight-261-c797a7c3d90d
Media gonna media
