Boeing and Key Supplier Spirit Hit Hard After Alaska Air Blowout

Thankfully, no passengers or crew of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 were critically injured after the frightening blowout of a plug door and piece of fuselage from the 737-9 MAX jet Friday night, which forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. Investors in Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) didn’t seem too concerned about the incident either. Shares of Alaska Air were flat in midday trading. But it was another story for Boeing (NYSE:BA) and one of its key suppliers.Boeing, which makes the 737 ...