Another Boeing whistleblower has died and he is the second within a two month period. Joshua Dean died of multidrug-resistant staphylococci. The first John Barnett died of gunshot wounds.
Joshua Dean, a quality inspector for Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, died this week after a surprise infection left him in critical condition for several days, according to his family.
The cause was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, an antibiotic-resistant staph infection commonly known as MRSA, his aunt Carol Parsons told the Seattle Times, which first reported the death.
Dean lost his job in 2023 when he quit.
The 44-year-old lost his job in 2023 and filed a retaliation complaint with federal labor officials, claiming he was only fired for speaking out.
Dean had been questioned in connection with a shareholder lawsuit and had reported dangerous faults in components of Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft – a model linked to a series of disasters in recent years.
The death of the first whistleblower John Barnett was more dramatic. He had taken legal action against Boeing for having created a hostile environment against him in the workplace due to whistleblowing. He testified in his own case. The next day, he was found dead in the parking lot outside the motel where he was staying, with gunshot wounds.
He was represented by the same law firm that worked for John Barnett, another Boeing whistleblower whom police in Charleston, South Carolina, found dead of a gunshot wound outside his hotel the day after he testified in his own retaliation lawsuit in March.
Barnett (62) sued Boeing and claimed that he had been subjected to reprisals, harassment and espionage by the company. He never showed up for his second day of testimony earlier this month.
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