Boeing whistle blower warned about safety

John Barnett Charleston, SC March 12, 2024 found dead. Boeing whistle blower warned about safety

John Barnett, whistle blower, who spent more than three decades at Boeing, sounded the alarm with aviation authorities in 2017 about he said were potentially “catastrophic” safety failings.

Barnett, known as Mitch to his family and “Swampy” to his friends, had worked at Boeing’s 787 plant in Charleston since 2010, his family said.

In 2019, The New York Times interviewed several former Boeing employees about their safety concerns. Barnett told the paper that metal shavings — created when metal fasteners are screwed into nuts — could cut wiring that connects the flight controls.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered Boeing to clear the shavings from the Dream-liners in 2017. Boeing said then that it was following the ruling and would look to improve the design of the nut, but it also said it wasn’t a flight safety issue.

His case was up for trial in June, the family statement said, adding: “He was looking forward to having his day in court and hoped that it would force Boeing to change its culture.”

The Justice Department opened an investigation after a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight in January, which led to the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes. They have since returned to the air.

And Monday, 50 people were injured on a Boeing Dream-liner plane after a sudden movement midair on a flight from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.

Inflight Scare: Malaysia Airlines 737 Drops 7,000 Feet In Seconds. Passengers onboard a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 reportedly got a scare when their plane suddenly dropped 7,000 feet on the weekend. he jet, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau on Sunday, was turned around and returned to KL, with the airline later filing a Mandatory Occurrence Report with Malaysian aviation safety authorities. According to a report in The New Straits Times, Malaysia Airlines flight MH2664 was 30 minutes into the flight when the incident occurred. A passenger onboard later said on social media the plane dived 7,000 feet in a matter of seconds, causing several passengers to "float" off the seats. Some people died from head injuries. Singapore Airlines passengers describe deadly turbulence; 20 remain in ICU. One passenger, widely identified in the British media as Geoff Kitchen, 73, died. Bangkok’s Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital said in a statement Wednesday that it was still treating 58 people and that 20 patients remained in intensive care. In total, it said, 104 people were treated. Singapore Airlines said the flight was carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members. Among those treated was British passenger Josh Silverstone, 24, who told The Associated Press that he had chipped a tooth and suffered cuts to his eye and his neck. “There were lots of people in worse positions than me. People were laying out on the floor, and they couldn’t move. They were completely paralyzed,” he said. bloodstain smeared on the ceiling.“Heads had literally pushed through and broken plastic panels, and, like, there was just, there’s blood and there’s bits and pieces just broken everywhere,” said Azmir, the student.

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