Gravitas: Boeing whistleblower dead after exposing the planemaker's dark secrets

On the serious side, we've been keeping you up to date with the Boeing story, telling you how a company that was once the blue-eyed boy of American soft power is now falling from a height, how the boarded-up doors of its Planes are also literally falling from the sky as we speak. Airlines and passengers around the world are seriously concerned about the safety of Boeing planes. Boeing's major customers, such as Emirates, are sending their own representative to Boeing manufacturing facilities to ensure that the American plane maker does not compromise on quality. of the planes and in the midst of all this, a former Boeing employee who was telling the world about the breaches at Boeing manufacturing facilities has now been found

dead

.

This former Boeing employee is called John Barnett, he was 63 years old. Barnett was found

dead

in South Carolina. His body was found in his truck in the parking lot of a hotel. Police say B died from a self-inflicted wound. The details have not been made public, but what we do know is that just days before his death, Barnett had presented evidence against Boeing. Barnett retired from Boeing in 2017 for health reasons. He spent more than three decades of his life working for the Boeing company. Why did the former Boeing employee turn against the company? About 2 years after the bar was removed, there were two consecutive Boeing 737 Max crashes with all passengers.

Both Line Air and Ethiopian Airlines flights died, questions began to arise about Boeing's safety, and that's when Barnet began sharing information he knew. The

whistleblower

said that between 2010 and 17 he was working as a quality manager at a facility that manufactured Boeing. 787 Dreamliner, this is the model that airlines use for their long-haul routes Baret said workers at Boeing facilities were under tremendous pressure to meet deadlines and, he said, this often resulted in compromises in the fabrication process. In fact, Barnet said there were cases where low-quality tracks were collected from scrap bins and installed on new aircraft because employees knew they had to meet the production process deadline.

Can you believe that security was compromised? It wasn't just the low quality parts. Barnett also stated that oxygen masks. aboard the Boeing Dreamliners were not up to par, he said the emergency oxygen system had a 25% failure rate, meaning that if the cabin is depressurized or if during an emergency the situation requires them to be dropped oxygen masks, one in four masks may not work. and four, in other words, a quarter of the passengers will be left breathless. Barnett had come to this conclusion after conducting a safety test on the Dreamliner's emergency oxygen system. What did he do then?

Barnard claimed that he informed the managers, but his superiors decided Don't do anything, he says, you see, there is one thing we all realize after the investigation into peak accidents. Boeing has not shied away from compromising safety for the sake of business, it is guilty of prioritizing profits over passengers and people's lives, why else hurry up? through pilot training for a new plane, why else would you hide critical information about life and death from the pilots? Because it allows you to sell the Max as a model that requires minimal entry cost, and we know how that story ends in light of the Max accidents, Baret says.

It may not sound incredible, also considering everything that has been happening in the last few months, the power outlet door of an Alaska Airlines plane exploded in midair, endangering everyone on board, we are at the end of the plane, so Right there it was just a piece of the plane and then there's the more recent case of a tire falling off a United Airlines plane midair. It is precisely this problem with Boeing's safety that Bonnet was trying to bring to light last week. Boeing lawyers had questioned Barnett during testimony that he was scheduled to appear for another round of questioning on March 9.

Barnett did not show up. He was later found dead in a hotel parking lot. Boeing says it is saddened by Barnet's passing. Needless to say, the Boeing company also denies Barnet's allegations. continues to maintain that its planes are safe the question is who does boing believe we are now available in your country download the app now get all the updates on the move