US Opens Criminal Investigation Into Alaska’s Midair Blowout
- Airline says it doesn’t believe it’s the target of the probe
- Boeing confirms separately it can’t find records of repairs
The fuselage of the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft outside a hangar at Portland International Airport on Jan. 8.
Photographer: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images
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The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the midair blowout of a Boeing 737 Max fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
“In an event like this, it’s normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation,” Alaska Airlines said Saturday in a statement. “We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation.”