Passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines plane that made an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew off this year have started to receive letters from the F.B.I. identifying them as possible victims of a crime.

The letters are a sign that a criminal investigation the Justice Department has opened into Boeing, the manufacturer of the 737 Max 9 jet, is ramping up.

  • @Majestix
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    11911 months ago

    Its getting more and more intense for Boeing.

    • lurch (he/him)
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      5011 months ago

      Their stock is still going strong tho. Defense contracts are a hell of a crutch.

      • @RegalPotoo
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        3011 months ago

        I suspect people are expecting that they’ll get absolutely rinsed by various investigations then get a massive federal bailout cos they are too strategically important to allow them to go bankrupt

        • @[email protected]
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          111 months ago

          Any federal bailout is going to come with shareholder pain. Not a chance in hell the feds just dump money into Boeing without making serious demands

        • @handjob_of_vecna
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          110 months ago

          i dont think it will get to the need for bailouts. They will throw some low level management to the wolves then replace some execs. The regulators already gave them the ability to audit themselves.

      • @portifornia
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        1610 months ago

        They have a habbit of spending billions on stock buybacks to keep their prices high 🫠

      • @bbuez
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        810 months ago

        Wake me when its time to short Boeing, maybe put some on Lockheed if they absorb their active defense divisions, lol

  • @mlg
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    6310 months ago

    If I were a passenger I’d ask the FBI for protection and application to the witness relocation program…

    • Flying Squid
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      They killed the whistleblower after the whistle was blown, so maybe they would.

      Edit: I wrote should. What the fuck is wrong with me?

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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      310 months ago

      It’s so strange how all 171 passengers and 6 crew Members all committed suicide! All roughly around the same time frame.

  • @EdibleFriend
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    6211 months ago

    From the headline I thought some agent just jumped up in the middle of the flight and announced there had been a crime like some cheesy cop show.

    • @HoustonHenry
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      2911 months ago

      “Quick, do you have a structured settlement and need cash NOW?”

    • @Buddahriffic
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      210 months ago

      The lights go out and when they come back on, the whistleblower is dead.

      Detective: A crime has occurred and every passenger on this plane is a suspect! No one may leave this plane!

      Boeing executive panicks, grabs a parachute and kicks the door open

  • @jqubed
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    1411 months ago

    Criminal negligence?

    • Flying Squid
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      510 months ago

      Charged against a corporation? In America?

      I’m not hopeful.

      • @[email protected]
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        510 months ago

        No. We’re personally liable for falsifying records. If someone bought off that operation without verifying it, they can be fined and imprisoned.