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Class Action Against Southwest and Boeing Claims They Covered Up 737 Max 8 Issues

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Class Action Against Southwest and Boeing

Class Action Against Southwest and Boeing Claims They Covered Up 737 Max 8 Issues

Boeing issues are now well known. Their 737 Max jets are still grounded and many flights have been canceled. But a group of airline passengers claim that Boeing and Southwest Airlines conspired to mislead customers into believing that Boeing 737 Max jets were safer than they are. The customers say that there is a “fatal design defect” in the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

This defect has reportedly been linked to two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes. First there was the  Lion Air Flight 610 crash that killed 189 people in October 2018 and more recently the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash that killed 157 people in March.

According to the Southwest Boeing antitrust class action lawsuit, Southwest Airlines is one of Boeing’s biggest domestic customers, and was a “launch carrier” for a new line of fuel-efficient Max 8 jets. Allegedly, being a “launch carrier” for the planes meant that the airline had a role in developing and customizing the planes.

Customers in the Southwest collusion class action lawsuits assert that in its role as a launch carrier for Boeing, Southwest received incentives to not conduct as extensive testing as it otherwise would, in attempt to speed the release of the aircrafts.

The plaintiffs say that “Southwest’s involvement with testing was extensive but wrought with incentives to cut corners and skirt rules.” You can read more details at TopClassActions.

The Southwest Boeing 737 Defect Collusion Class Action Lawsuit is Earl, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al., Case No. 4:19-cv-00507, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. The lawsuit against Southwest is as frivolous as it gets. Even if it is true what they say, none of the plaintiffs were harmed. They got to their destination safely. If this lawsuit is allowed to proceed, can we also sue every car company who has a recall, claiming I would have never bought the car if I had known it had a defect? The lawsuit should be thrown out as frivolous and the plaintiffs should have to pay costs for this bogus lawsuit.

  2. Let the feeding frenzy begin. SW I think is BS it’s all BA

    Isn’t it interesting that no one has lost their jobs other than the poor workers on the floor that are and will be laid off due to this? Let along all the workers with the airlines as the airlines deal with the shrinking schedules.

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