John Barnett (whistleblower): Difference between revisions

In May 2024, the conspiracy theory<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> that Boeing had plotted to have whistleblowers murdered again spread on social media after another aviation whistleblower associated with Boeing also represented by Barnett's attorney, Brian Knowles, died less than two months later.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Izzo |first=Jack |date=2024-05-07 |title=What We Know After Death of Joshua Dean, Second Boeing Whistleblower to Die in Two Months |url=https://www.snopes.com//news/2024/05/07/boeing-whistleblower-deaths/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Snopes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Boeing whistleblower dies following a brief illness, weeks after the suicide of another |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boeing-whistleblower-dies-brief-illness-weeks-suicide-another-rcna150381 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Joshua Dean, a former quality inspector for the contractor [[Spirit AeroSystems]], a 2005 Boeing spin-off, checked himself into the hospital after experiencing difficulty breathing from contracting [[Influenza B virus|influenza B]] and [[Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus]] (MRSA). He died two weeks later (May 1, 2024) after developing [[pneumonia]] and suffering a [[stroke]]. Dean and other workers at the [[Wichita, Kansas]] factory testified that they had been instructed to downplay or hide production defects on the 737 Max, which had a door plug blow off mid-flight in January 2024.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Ewe |first=Koh |date=2024-05-02 |title=Spirit AeroSystems Whistleblower Dies After Sudden Infection |url=https://time.com/6973635/boeing-spirit-aerosystems-whistleblower-josh-dean-dead/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref>

 

 

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