NEW 🚨 Boeing whistleblower John Barnett's attorneys on his suicide news: "We didn't see any indication he would take his own life. No one can believe it."
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BREAKING: Video emerges of dead Boeing whistleblower John Barnett discussing Boeing's inadequate safety measures for airplanes.
𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟱: Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a 737 MAX 9 on a flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, experienced an explosive decompression shortly after take off, after the loss of incorrectly installed door plug.
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟲: United Airlines prepares to ground dozens of its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for inspections, a day after a panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight.
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟵: Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 from Miami International Airport catches fire while in flight.
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟰: Delta Air Lines flight DAL982 (Boeing 757) was moments away from taking off from Atlanta International Airport when the nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟲: A United Airlines’ Boeing plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas just minutes into its flight after flames exploded from one of its jet engines.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟳: United Airlines Boeing 777 loses tire while taking off from San Francisco, crushing cars on the ground.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟳: Alaska Airlines flight is forced to return to Portland after passengers and crew fall ill from "fumes" in the cabin of the Boeing plane.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟴: United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 suffers gear failure upon landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟴: Alaska Airlines flight carrying pets arrives with cargo door open as carrier and Boeing face $1 billion lawsuit.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟭: Boeing 787 suddenly drops due to "technical problem" on Sydney-Auckland flight, injuring 50 people.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟭: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US. 🍿🐸🇺🇸 SHARE!
𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱
A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US.
In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.
The 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted gunshot wound"
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗛𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴:
- Workers had been deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the production line
- He uncovered serious problems with oxygen systems, which could mean one in four breathing masks would not work in an emergency.
- He became concerned that the push to get new aircrafts built meant the assembly process was rushed and safety was compromised.
- He said workers had failed to follow procedures intended to track components through the factory, allowing defective components to go missing.
- He said sub-standard parts had even been removed from scrap bins and fitted to planes that were being built to prevent delays on the production line.
Mr Barnett said he had alerted managers to his concerns, but no action had been taken.
At the time of his death, Mr Barnett had been in Charleston for legal interviews linked to that case. 🍿🐸🇺🇸 SHARE!
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