Boeing’s Dead Whistleblower Spoke the Truth

On January 5, 2024, a door-sized section near the rear of a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off ten minutes after takeoff. (Photo by NTSB via Getty Images)
Crashing planes. An ousted CEO. What the hell happened to America’s aviation gem?
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In the days before his death, John Barnett was in Charleston, giving a deposition for the whistleblower suit he had filed against Boeing. According to one of his lawyers, Rob Turkewitz, he was upbeat about his testimony, feeling he was finally able to tell the story of his efforts to get the company to take safety more seriously—and the rejection of tho…
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