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- Former Boeing employee John Barnett, who warned about safety problems at the aircraft manufacturer, has been found dead in the United States.
- The death occurred shortly after he testified in a trial against Boeing.
- Police are investigating the death, but it is believed that Barnett committed suicide.
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Former Boeing employee John Barnett (62) was found dead in his own car in Charleston, USA, on Saturday last week.
It reports, among others BBC.
The deceased 62-year-old is described as a central figure in connection with warnings about alleged safety problems at one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, Boeing.
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Barnett’s passing comes just days after he began initial rounds in court, where he gave formal evidence in a lawsuit against the aviation giant.
The police are investigating the death, but the preliminary conclusion is that Barnett committed suicide.
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“We are saddened by Barnett’s passing, and our thoughts are with his family and friends,” Boeing said in a statement Business Insider.
After 32 years of service, Barnett retired in 2017. For the last seven years of his career, he had overall responsibility for the production quality of Boeing’s long-haul 787 Dreamliner at the Charleston plant.
– Would not put my name on it
During this period he made observations that led to increased concern about safety and standards. Barnett claimed, among other things, that Boeing was in a “hurry” to assemble its planes and that they constantly compromised with safety.
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He presented the notices at New York Times and BBC i 2019.
“I have yet to see one plane from Charleston that I would put my name on and say it’s safe and airworthy,” Barnett told The New York Times at the time.
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In the same year, Barnett told the BBC about an extensive test of oxygen masks that took place in 2016. Only one quarter of the masks went off during the exercise.
Barnett has also sounded the alarm about one case where workers at the factory are said to have used production parts that had actually ended up in rubbish containers to build planes.
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The company has consistently rejected Barnett’s claims, explaining that “safety, quality and integrity are at the core of Boeing’s values”.
Barnett sued Boeing for what he believed was an attempt by the company to “undermine his career” after he raised safety concerns about the Charleston plant. Barnett was scheduled to continue his testimony in court this week.