--- title: "Lawyer Suing Boeing Surprised to Find Large Piece That Fell Off Boeing Plane Outside His House" description: "In an outrageous coincidence, a lawyer suing Boeing found a piece from a Boeing jet in the beach by his house." date: "2024-05-01" modified: "2024-05-01" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/lawyer-suing-boeing-finds-plane-slide" categories: - "Boeing" - "Future Society" - "Space" tags: - "#airlines" - "boeing" - "planes" - "the digest" --- # Lawyer Suing Boeing Surprised to Find Large Piece That Fell Off Boeing Plane Outside His House ![In an outrageous coincidence, a lawyer suing Boeing found a piece from a Boeing jet in the beach by his house.]() *\Image: @KatieMcFaddenNY via X\* ## Slide on Over Suing a company is one thing — but finding a piece of its faulty wares outside your house is another entirely. Jake Bissell-Linsk, whose firm is involved in a lawsuit against Boeing, [told the *New York Post*]() that he was shocked to look out the window of his oceanfront home in Queens to see an inflatable slide floating in the water. "We are right on the beach," the lawyer marveled, "and I saw it was sitting on the breakers." A partner at the Labaton Keller Sucharow law firm that's currently suing Boeing over the Alaska Airlines fiasco in which one of its fuselages fell off mid-flight, the lawyer was as surprised as anyone at the sight. "Our case is all about safety issues at Boeing," Bissell-Linsk said, "and this slide is literally right in front of my house." The yellow-colored piece trapped yards from the attorney's front door was, as it turns out, the same emergency slide that a few days prior [fell off a Delta-operated 767]() jetliner. Bound for Los Angeles from nearby JFK Airport, the flight was forced to turn back around and deplane just an hour after takeoff after the slide fell off. ## Picture Perfect Bissell-Linsk did what anyone else would do in such a situation — he went down to the beach to snap some pictures. The slide, which is used for passengers to exit the plane in case of an emergency landing, appeared to be largely intact. "I didn’t want to touch it," Bissell-Linsk told the tabloid, "but I got close enough to get a close look at it." https://twitter.com/sawdustorture/status/1784994307507679709 As it turns out, the attorney wasn't the only person who saw the chute in the surf. A neighbor also saw it and tried to call the [Federal Aviation Administration's hotline]() for such incidents, but because it was a Sunday, it was closed. That neighbor apparently then called Delta, and hours after the slide washed up, a truck came to collect it. Delta confirmed to the *Post* that it had retrieved the slide and that it will "fully cooperate with all relevant investigations" when the newspaper contacted it for comment. As of now, though, it's unclear whose custody it's in. As for Bissell-Linsk, he said his firm is weighing whether the incredible coincidence will be part of its case against Boeing, which is happening alongside [several legal probes]() in the aftermath of the Alaska Airlines blowout as it becomes clearer and clearer that there are some serious issues in the way it makes its jets. "We haven’t decided if the slide is relevant to our case," the lawyer said. **More on Boeing:** [*New Boeing Whistleblower Says 787 Fuselages Are Improperly Fastened Together, Could Break Apart*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()