Source: Huaxia Times

Another big news from Boeing!

Following John Barnett's suspected suicide in March this year,WinstarpokerJoshua Dean, another whistleblower of production safety and product quality problems at Boeing, died of a sudden illness on April 30th at the age of 45.

Dean, then 45, died of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection on Tuesday morning, his family announced. Dean developed respiratory problems two weeks ago and was hospitalized with a severe bacterial infection, but soon fell into a critical state.

Dean was one of the first people by Spirit AeroSystems to discover potentially dangerous defects in the Boeing 737 Max jet. Spirit, a major supplier to Boeing, was spun off from Boeing aircraft manufacturers in 2005.

Dean filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration after the sudden door explosion of the Boeing 737, alleging serious misconduct by Spirit as a senior quality manager on the Boeing 737 supply line.

Dean himself said in an interview that he had been fired by Spirit during the outage, and when he was re-hired by Spirit in May 2021, he found that Spirit had fired many of its most experienced mechanics and auditors.

He thought he was fired by the company because he found a hole in the fuselage by mistake. He added that Spirit had pressured employees not to report defects in order to get the plane out of the factory faster.

There was a saying in the American aviation industry: "if it wasn't for Boeing, I wouldn't go." But now Dennis Taj, chief spokesman for the United Pilots Association, said bluntly that "Boeing is like a problem child."

On March 9, Barnett, who worked at Boeing for 32 years and exposed the company's quality control problems, was found to have committed suicide at the age of 62. The coroner's office of Charleston County, South Carolina, said Barnett appeared to have died of "a self-inflicted gunshot wound." This claim raises questions. Nearly two months after the incident, the police have not yet concluded their investigation.

Barnett worked as a quality control manager at a Boeing 787 factory in North Charleston, South Carolina in 2010, retired for health reasons in 2017, and exposed Boeing production safety issues in 2019. He was supposed to be questioned on March 9 about his libel suit against Boeing, but failed to appear in court and was found dead in his car in the hotel parking lot. Before his death, Barnett said he had been "harassed, vilified and humiliated" because of his concerns about Boeing's quality control, according to documents released by his lawyer.

The cabin door fell off, the pulley fell off, the wing was damaged, and the engine caught fire. Boeing has suffered a series of safety accidents since 2024, which led CNN to call "Boeing is in big trouble."

Since March 2024, there have been a number of safety accidents on Boeing aircraft, most of which occurred in the United States. The parts that have problems are also different according to the type of machine in which the accident occurred. This can not help but worry that the problems behind the accident are systematic.

Some heads of American airlines have asked to meet with Boeing's board of directors to express concerns about a series of problems with the aircraft. Aviation journalist Jeff Wise: there is obviously a problem with Boeing's leadership, which is clearly a systemic problem.

With regard to a series of Boeing's problems, CNN bluntly pointed out that Boeing has shifted its focus to financial performance over the past few decades at the expense of aircraft safety and quality. However, a hundred years of accumulated reputation always runs out, and when people lose trust in a company, it is the real beginning of its nightmare.

Source: CCTV News, Financial Associations, Public Information