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F.B.I. Tells Passengers on Alaska Flight They May Have Been Crime Victims

www.nytimes.com F.B.I. Tells Passengers on Alaska Flight They May Have Been Crime Victims

Letters sent by the bureau’s Seattle office are a sign that the Justice Department’s investigation into Boeing, the maker of the plane whose fuselage panel blew off, is ramping up.

Passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines plane that made an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew off this year have started to receive letters from the F.B.I. identifying them as possible victims of a crime.

The letters are a sign that a criminal investigation the Justice Department has opened into Boeing, the manufacturer of the 737 Max 9 jet, is ramping up.

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Its getting more and more intense for Boeing.

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- Their stock is still going strong tho. Defense contracts are a hell of a crutch.
  
  50
  
  I suspect people are expecting that they'll get absolutely rinsed by various investigations then get a massive federal bailout cos they are too strategically important to allow them to go bankrupt
  
  30
  
  They have a habbit of spending billions on stock buybacks to keep their prices high 🫠
  
  16
  
  Wake me when its time to short Boeing, maybe put some on Lockheed if they absorb their active defense divisions, lol
  
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  Iron triangle, soon a square with Elon
  
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If I were a passenger I'd ask the FBI for protection and application to the witness relocation program...

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- They killed the whistleblower after the whistle was blown, so maybe they would.
  
  Edit: I wrote should. What the fuck is wrong with me?
  
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  Boeing is putting stuff into your water clearly.
  
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  Do you really want the Internet to answer that question?
  
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- It's so strange how all 171 passengers and 6 crew Members all committed suicide! All roughly around the same time frame.
  
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From the headline I thought some agent just jumped up in the middle of the flight and announced there had been a crime like some cheesy cop show.

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- "Quick, do you have a structured settlement and need cash NOW?"
  
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  "CALL J.G. WENTWORTH -- 877-CASH-NOW!!!!"
  
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  I know, did the passengers catch mesothelioma?
  
  4
- The lights go out and when they come back on, the whistleblower is dead.
  
  Detective: A crime has occurred and every passenger on this plane is a suspect! No one may leave this plane!
  
  Boeing executive panicks, grabs a parachute and kicks the door open
  
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Criminal negligence?

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- There are specific laws for falsifying records that apply to the employees.
  
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- Charged against a corporation? In America?
  
  I'm not hopeful.
  
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  No. We're personally liable for falsifying records. If someone bought off that operation without verifying it, they can be fined and imprisoned.
  
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Turns out that DB Cooper was on the flight.

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- was
  
  Damnit, he did it again! We'll catch him next time.
  
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