Ex Boeing employee John Barnett found dead amid lawsuit

A former employee of Boeing who blew the whistle on safety problems at the company has been found dead. John Barnett, who had worked at the US planemaker for just over three decades, had been giving evidence in a lawsuit against his former employer. He was found dead from “self-inflicted wounds” in his truck in a hotel park, it has been widely reported. The death was confirmed by the Charleston County Coroner on Monday. The 62-year old had exposed issues in Boeing’s manufacturing process, alleging that some employees had knowingly fitted substandard parts to aircrafts on the production line. He had also claimed tests on emergency oxygen systems due for fitting to the 787 had a failure rate of 25 per cent. Read the full story 👇 https://www.cityam.com/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-in-south-carolina/ Get more of City A.M. 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cityam #uknews #trendingnews #boeing #boeing737 #investigation #usa #trendingnews #news #safty #lawsuit