{"id":2197363,"date":"2024-03-12T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-after-testifying-against-company\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:08:12","slug":"boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-after-testifying-against-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-after-testifying-against-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead post testifying against company"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-after-testifying-against-company%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2197363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Stephen Brashear\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\/\">James\u2062 Meyers<\/a><br \/>8:50 AM -Tuesday, March 12, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>A Boeing whistleblower who was \u2063publicly raising doubts about \u2063the company\u2062 has been \u2062found dead. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>John \u200cBarnett, 62, was found dead in\u2062 his\u200c truck in the parking lot of his South Carolina hotel after he did not \u200bshow up for the second part of his\u200c testimony \u200cfor\u200c a major lawsuit\u200c against the company, according to multiple reports on \u2062Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The reported death of Barnett comes after he raised concerns about the airline\u2019s factories and appeared for his first testimony \u200bjust days prior to being\u200d found dead from an apparent \u201cself-inflicted\u201d gunshot wound. <\/p>\n<p>Barnett\u2019s attorney, Brian\u200d Knowles, told \u2064 <em>TMZ<\/em> that he had doubts about the circumstances\u2063 of his death, and also called the self-inflicted gunshot \u201calleged.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cToday is \u200ba tragic day,\u201d \u2062Knowles told <em>Corporate \u2064Crime Reporter<\/em>. \u2064\u201cJohn had been\u200c back and forth for quite \u2062some time getting prepared. The defense examined him for\u200c their allowed seven hours under the rules on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Knowles, he and his co-counsel continuously called \u2062Barnett\u2019s phone on Saturday, but the calls went to voicemail. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe then asked the hotel to check on him,\u201d he \u2063said. \u201cThey found\u200b him in his truck \u2063dead from an \u2018alleged\u2019 self-inflicted\u2064 gunshot. We drove to the hotel and spoke with the police and the coroner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, Barnett\u200c was employed by Boeing for \u200cover \u2063three decades before calling\u200b it\u2062 quits in 2017. He worked as a quality control engineer at the company. <\/p>\n<p>In\u200d 2019,\u200c Barnett told the outlet <em>BBC<\/em> that Boeing would rush to\u2062 get its 787 Dreamliner\u200d jets off the production line, compromising safety. <\/p>\n<p>He\u200b also alleged that \u200bthe emergency \u200doxygen systems that were made for the 787 Dreamliners had a failure rate \u2062of 25%. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the \u2062Whistleblower said he began noticing these issues \u2064when he began working \u2064for the \u200bcompany at\u00a0a North Charleston plant in 2010. \u200bHe claimed he reported the issues to his managers, but did not see them take any\u200c action.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Boeing failed 33 \u200dout of 89 product audits according to \u2063a <em>New York Times<\/em> \u2063 report, with\u200c a\u200b total of \u206397 counts of \u200balleged noncompliance. <\/p>\n<p>Spirit Aerosystems, which makes the body of\u2063 the 737 Max jets, failed a staggering seven out of 13\u200b product\u200c audits. <\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/staff-training-program-at-tennessee-school-district-classifies-white-christian-heterosexual-men-as-privileged\/\" title=\"Tennessee School District's Training Labels Certain Men as 'Privileged'\">eye-opening discovery<\/a> was that FAA auditors also discovered mechanics were \u2063using\u200b a \u2062hotel key\u200d card \u200cto \u200ccheck \u200ca\u200b jet\u2019s door, and another mechanic used Dawn dish soap as a \u200d\u201clubricant\u201d in the\u2062 fit-up\u200b process \u200cof the door. <\/p>\n<p>Boeing now has 90 days to develop a plan of\u2064 action to solve the \u201csystemic quality-control issues\u201d raised by\u200b the audit.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this \u200bpost!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Biden proposes a record-setting \u200cbudget, Gangs take over\u200c Haiti\u200c and Oppenheimer dominates the\u200c Oscars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>A new documentary, \u2064The Relentless Patriot,\u00a0 about artist Scott \u200bLabaido is set to premier\u200c at Mar-a-lago \u200don March 13th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>It might be\u2064 a rough day\u00a0for some,\u200b but\u00a0a celebration for many!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>One medical expert\u200c says \u200bnational panic could set in after the 2024 \u2064election concludes.\u200b Here\u2019s One America\u2019s Nathaniel Mannor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Reddit is aiming\u2062 for a valuation of up to \u2064$6.4 billion in its U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-exclusive-owners-of-solarwinds-have-links-to-obama-the-clintons-china-hong-kong-and-the-us-election-process\/\" title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Owners of SolarWinds Have Links to Obama, the Clintons, China, Hong Kong and the US Election Process\">initial public offering<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Elon Musk said on \u2063Monday his artificial\u2064 intelligence startup xAI\u2063 would open-source its ChatGPT challenger \u201cGrok\u201d this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>UnitedHealth Group is likely to need\u2062 several months to make a full recovery from one of the most disruptive\u2062 hacks against America\u2019s healthcare \u2064infrastructure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Google has been \u200ctouting the myriad\u2063 innovations in the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-tiktok-ban-would-empower-meta-facebook-as-enemy-of-the-people\/\" title=\"Trump claims that banning TikTok would strengthen Meta and label Facebook as the \"enemy of the people\">building wholly\u2062 designed<\/a> and \u200bbuilt by the web \u200cgiant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200c What specific issues did John Barnett raise\u2062 regarding Boeing&#8217;s production of 787 Dreamliner \u2064jets and\u200b the\u200b failure rate\u2062 of emergency \u2063oxygen \u2064systems? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d In the recent case of John Barnett, a\u2064 former Boeing whistleblower who was found dead in his truck in the parking lot \u2063of his South \u2064Carolina hotel. Barnett had been\u200b raising concerns \u2063about the company&#8217;s \u2064factories and was \u2064scheduled to testify in a major lawsuit against\u200d the company.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances surrounding Barnett&#8217;s \u200ddeath raise doubts and suspicions. His\u200c attorney, Brian\u2064 Knowles, expressed concerns\u200c about\u200b the alleged suicide and called\u200c it\u2063 &#8220;alleged.&#8221; Knowles and his co-counsel tried \u2063to reach Barnett on Saturday but only received voicemail. They \u200dthen asked the hotel to \u2062check on him, and that&#8217;s when Barnett was\u200b found dead.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett had worked for Boeing for\u2063 over three decades\u200b as \u200da quality \u200ccontrol \u200bengineer. In 2019,\u200d he \u2062revealed to the \u200dBBC that Boeing would rush the\u2064 production of its 787 Dreamliner jets, compromising\u200c safety. \u2062He also claimed that the emergency oxygen systems manufactured for the Dreamliners had a failure\u2063 rate of 25%. Barnett reported these issues to his \u2062managers, but no \u2064action was \u2063taken.<\/p>\n<p>These revelations are \u200bconcerning, especially in light of recent reports that Boeing failed 33 out of 89 \u2064product audits, facing a\u2063 total of 97 counts of alleged \u2063noncompliance. Another supplier, Spirit Aerosystems, failed \u200bseven out of \u200d13 product audits.\u2062 These\u2064 numbers highlight a systemic issue with quality control at Boeing.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, auditors from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) discovered disturbing practices by Boeing mechanics. They\u200c found instances where mechanics \u200bused \u2063a hotel key card to check \u200ca\u2062 jet&#8217;s door and where Dawn dish \u200dsoap \u2064was used as a &#8220;lubricant&#8221; in the fit-up \u200cprocess of the door. \u200bThese practices raise serious\u2063 questions about the\u200c company&#8217;s commitment to safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>The death of \u2064John Barnett and the systemic\u2062 quality-control issues at Boeing should be a cause for concern for \u2062both the company and the\u2063 aviation industry as a whole. It is essential for Boeing\u2063 to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding Barnett&#8217;s death and address the issues raised\u2062 by him \u2064and other whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p>The safety and integrity \u2063of aircraft manufacturing should always be\u2064 a top priority. Both Boeing and \u200bthe FAA need to \u200dtake immediate action\u2063 to improve the quality control\u200b processes and \u200censure the highest standards of safety are upheld. The public&#8217;s trust in Boeing&#8217;s products and \u2063the aviation industry in\u200c general\u200d is at stake.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the death of Boeing whistleblower John \u200cBarnett and the revelations of systemic quality-control issues at the company raise\u2062 serious\u2063 concerns. Boeing must conduct a thorough investigation into Barnett&#8217;s death and take steps to address the issues raised \u200bby him and other whistleblowers. The safety and\u200b integrity\u2064 of aircraft \u2062manufacturing should be a paramount concern\u2064 for the industry, and immediate action is required to\u2064 restore public\u2063 trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work. 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