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Worker's family sues Boeing and supplier after fatal injury

Associated Press
Published July 3, 2015 10:17 AM PDT
Published July 3, 2015 10:17 AM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — The family of a worker who was fatally injured when a seat-belt air bag replacement inflated explosively is suing Boeing and a supplier.

The Seattle Times reports that Kenneth Otto suffered massive head injuries while he was installing the unit on a 777 at Boeing's Everett factory. He died a month later.

The accident occurred when workers were called to deal with an air bag that had discharged for no reason.

Otto's family and Christopher Gee, who was helping Otto, are suing Boeing and the air-bag manufacturer AmSafe.

The suit says the plane's buyer discovered a discharged air bag in a business-class seat as it prepared to take delivery of the jet. The lawsuit claims Boeing and AmSafe did not conduct an examination to find out why it malfunctioned.

A Boeing spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit.