Boeing emergency slide that fell off Delta flight washes up outside home of lawyer who is suing aircraft manufacturer

The emergency slide that fell from a Boeing plane in New York has reportedly washed up outside the home of a lawyer who is suing the manufacturer over safety concerns.

Delta Flight 520 bound for Los Angeles was diverted to JFK Airport on Friday after the inflatable slide on the right wing fell off about an hour into its cross-country journey.

The Boeing 767 plane was an hour into the flight when the bizarre incident triggered an emergency alert and authorities initially believed the slide may have fallen into Jamaica Bay.

Residents of Belle Harbor, Queens, discovered the deflated slide stuck in the dock at Beach 130th on Sunday, the local newspaper reported The wave.

“We’re right on the beach and I saw it was on the surf,” said Jake Bissell-Linsk, a Belle Harbor resident and partner at Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP. The New York Post.

Delta Airlines employees retrieved the suspected missing emergency slide at low tide on Sunday

The Boeing emergency slide that fell from a Delta flight on Friday reportedly washed up in Belle Harbor, Queens

“I didn’t want to touch it, but I got close enough to get a closer look. My neighbor called the FAA hotline and it was closed on Sundays, so he called Delta.”

Delta Airlines employees retrieved the suspected missing emergency slide at low tide on Sunday, Delta Airlines employees reported Rockaway Times.

“I see this Delta truck coming and I see them pulling it out of the water, it took about 10 minutes,” he said.

Federal Aviation Administration records show the plane is 33 years old.

Friday’s terror began after the crew heard a strange “non-routine” noise near the right wing and noticed a cockpit indication associated with the emergency exit slide.

“Because nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, Delta flight crews have completed extensive training and procedures to return to JFK,” a Delta spokesperson said.

“We appreciate their professionalism and our customers’ patience for the delay in their travels.”

The FAA confirmed it is now investigating the incident.

“Delta Air Lines Flight 520 returned safely to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at approximately 8:35 a.m. local time on Friday, April 26, after the crew reported a vibration,” a spokesperson said.

The incident is the latest to hit the aircraft manufacturer, after a series of other safety accidents.

Bissell-Linsk’s firm, Labaton Keller Sucharow, is co-lead counsel in a class action lawsuit against The Boeing Company, arguing that the manufacturer prioritized profits over safety.

Defendants are accused of failing to disclose that Boeing prioritized its profits over safety throughout the Class Period, which led to poor quality control standards in the production of its commercial aircraft, such as the 737 MAX, which led to an increased risk of injury. production errors that could make the company’s new aircraft unsafe,” the law firm said.

Resident Jake Bissell-Linsk’s firm, Labaton Keller Sucharow, is suing Boeing over safety concerns that led to Alaska Airlines door plug blowout (photo)

The lawsuit says that after two fatal MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, Boeing spent more than four years assuring investors that it was “laser-focused” on safety and would not sacrifice safety for profit.

Shareholders said Boeing’s statements were false and misleading because they concealed “poor quality control” on the assembly line and caused the stock price to be inflated.

Labaton Keller Sucharow conducts the investigation into the blowing out of the door plug of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on January 5.

“Investigation into the incident led to the discovery of problems with such door plugs on other 737 MAX aircraft, including loose bolts holding the door plugs in place, further exposing the company’s manufacturing and production missteps and leading to the grounding of many 737 MAX 9 aircraft. .’

“Our case is all about safety issues at Boeing, and this slide is literally right in front of my house,” Bissell-Linsk said. “We have not yet decided whether the slide is relevant to our case.”