The FBI is investigating a January Alaska Airlines flight, where a door plug on the aircraft, a Boeing 737 Max 9, blew out mid-air.
A criminal probe was confirmed by the FBI in a letter sent to those aboard the plane, identifying them as “victims”.
None of the 177 passengers and crew were killed, but some were injured.
None of the 177 passengers and crew were killed, but some were injured.
The FBI letters, sent to passengers on 19 March by a victim specialist within the FBI’s Seattle Division, said that the criminal investigation may be “lengthy”.
They added that updates on the probe’s progress could not be shared at this time.
The letters confirm early media reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout, which occurred on a 5 January flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California.
Sources familiar with the investigation told the BBC’s US news partner CBS in early March that the probe will look into whether Boeing violated an agreement it entered with the Justice Department in 2021, following two crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft.
More than 300 people died in the two crashes of Boeing’s Max planes in 2018 and 2019.
The FBI is investigating a January Alaska Airlines flight, where a door plug on the aircraft, a Boeing 737 Max 9, blew out mid-air.
None of the 177 passengers and crew were killed, but some were injured.
A criminal probe was confirmed by the FBI in a letter sent to those aboard the plane, identifying them as “victims”.
The FBI letters, sent to passengers on 19 March by a victim specialist within the FBI’s Seattle Division, said that the criminal investigation may be “lengthy”.
None of the 177 passengers and crew were killed, but some were injured.
None of the 177 passengers and crew were killed, but some were injured.
The FBI letters, sent to passengers on 19 March by a victim specialist within the FBI’s Seattle Division, said that the criminal investigation may be “lengthy”.
They added that updates on the probe’s progress could not be shared at this time.
The letters confirm early media reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout, which occurred on a 5 January flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California.
Sources familiar with the investigation told the BBC’s US news partner CBS in early March that the probe will look into whether Boeing violated an agreement it entered with the Justice Department in 2021, following two crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft.
More than 300 people died in the two crashes of Boeing’s Max planes in 2018 and 2019.
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