‘Scapegoated by Boeing’: Alaska Airlines pilot files $10 million lawsuit over 737 MAX 9 door plug failure

Captain Brandon Fisher, the pilot of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Boeing. He alleges the company wrongly blamed him and his first officer for the door plug blowout that forced an emergency landing in January 2024. The lawsuit was filed on December 30, 2025, in an Oregon court and relates to a Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft.

In court filings tied to a separate passenger class-action lawsuit, Boeing denied liability for the blowout.