The firm had to ground its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet after a mid-air blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.

United Airlines has blamed Boeing for a $200m (£161m) hit to its earnings in the first three months of this year.

The carrier was forced to ground its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet for three weeks after a mid-air cabin blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

United said that pushed it to a pre-tax loss of $164m for the first quarter.

  • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
    421·
    9 months ago

    Regardless of what you think of rich ass corporations, this is an important liability issue. United shouldn’t be on the hook for losing money when it was Boeing’s fault