FILE – An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 awaits inspection at the airline’s hangar at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash. Alaska Airlines said Thursday, April 4, that Boeing paid the carrier $160 million in “initial compensation” for a panel that blew out of an Alaska Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner in January. The airline said that it expects additional compensation, the terms of which it said are confidential. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
