A woman who claimed she was injured on an extremely turbulent flight to Phoenix from Seattle in December 2024 is suing Alaska Airlines, alleging the airline neglected safety measures and did not avoid dangerous weather, which caused the extraordinary turbulence.
The suit alleged the plane dropped about 200 feet over a few seconds.
The woman, Natalie Russell, filed the lawsuit in Washington. In it, she claimed she was seated and using her seatbelt, but due to violent turbulence, she and her neighboring passenger both slammed into the plane’s ceiling. The suit claimed Russell said passengers in front of her hit their heads so hard on the ceiling that a portion of the panel broke and fell off…