A former Boeing quality manager, John Barnett, alleged that the 787 Dreamliner factory suffered from substandard parts and reckless practices, prioritizing speed over safety. Barnett, a vocal critic involved in a legal dispute with Boeing, died by apparent suicide, sparking conspiracy theories.
Last year, a former quality manager at Boeing reportedly warned that the factory that made the 787 Dreamliner was plagued by "shoddy work practices and poor oversight". According to a report in Gizmodo, John Barnett, who had worked for Boeing for 30 years before becoming one of its most outspoken critics, said that Boeing was building the planes with ‘sub-standard’ parts and that its mandate of speed and efficiency was endangering lives. Barnett, who refused to fly on the Dreamliner, was also involved in a legal dispute with the company at the time that he died of an apparent suicide. He is said to be one of a long list of critics who expressed concern about the company’s manufacturing practices.The report claims that the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad killing 241 passengers was the same that Barnett had warned regulators about. Barnett had worked for the US plane giant for three decades, until his retirement in 2017 on health grounds. His death in March 2024 sparked conspiracy theories due to his involvement in the legal case against Boeing.
Barnett retired Boeing in 2017. In March 2024, he was found dead at his motel in Charleston,...
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