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https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/second-boeing- whistleblower-dies
Joshua Dean, a Boeing whistleblower who warned of manufacturing defects in
the planemaker’s 737 Max, has died after a short illness, the second
Boeing whistleblower to die this year.
Dean, 45, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems,
filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alleging “serious and gross misconduct by senior quality management of the 737 production line” at Spirit.
In 2018 and 2019, two 737 Max planes were involved in fatal crashes, which killed 346 people. Dean was fired by Spirit last year, and filed a
complaint with the Department of Labor alleging that his termination was
in retaliation for raising safety concerns.
According to the Seattle Times, Dean was hospitalized after having trouble breathing. He was intubated and developed pneumonia and a serious
infection before dying two weeks later.
“He passed away yesterday morning, and his absence will be deeply felt. We
will always love you Josh,” Dean’s aunt, Carol Dean Parsons, said via
Facebook.
Dean was represented by the same law firm that represented Boeing
whistleblower John “Mitch” Barnett. Barnett, 62, was found dead in March
from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Barnett spent almost three decades at Boeing, and told the New York Times
in 2019 that he had found “clusters or metal slivers” hanging over the
wiring of flight controls that could have caused “catastrophic” damage if
they had penetrated wires.
He alleged that management had ignored his complaints and moved him to
another part of the plant.
Last month, another Boeing whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, told Congress
there was “no safety culture” at Boeing, and alleged that employees who
raised the alarm were “ignored, marginalized, threatened, sidelined and
worse”. He said he feared “physical violence” after going public with his concerns.
US regulators are now investigating Boeing after a mid-air door-panel
blowout in January on a Boeing 737 Max 9.
Reuters reported last month that the justice department is now weighing
whether Boeing violated an agreement that shielded it from criminal
prosecution over the fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019.
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