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It's Alaska Airlines. Isn't this plane likely 15+ years old? Is Boeing directly involved in maintenance for the lifetime of the plane? Or, is this on Alaska Airlines, and they are shamelessly scapegoating because it's opportunistic to kick Boeing lately?
The MAX series didn't go on its first flight with a customer until 2017. These are practically brand new planes.
The one that ripped open while flying was only 3 months old.
The incident airplane was only 3 months out of the factory.
Oh, that's pretty damning then. Just throwing half-assed planes out the door.
Yea this feels like Alaska trying to get ahead of bad press