3 Portlanders onboard Alaska Flight 1282 file $1 billion lawsuit against Boeing, Alaska Airlines

Two months ago, a door plug on a flight from PDX blew out just minutes after takeoff. Now, more passengers are suing the airline and airplane manufacturer.

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — On Jan. 5, 2024, Kyle Rinker and his girlfriend boarded an Alaska Airlines flight to Ontario, California. They’d taken this particular flight several times before, and were expecting to land about two hours later. 

However, on this day, what they experienced was anything but routine. 

“We took off fine and then just five minutes, and we heard the loud pop,” he recalled. “We were just sitting there trying to relax … and then, that

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