Who Was John Barnett? Former Boeing Employee Flagged Safety Lapses in Dreamliner Programme

Who was John Barnett? Former Boeing employee flagged safety lapses in Dreamliner programme

The Air India crash has turned the spotlight back on John Barnett, a former Boeing quality control manager who, police say, died by suicide in 2024 after lawyers questioned him about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects.

Boeing Whistleblower's Alarming Claims Resurface After Air India Crash

John Barnett was a former quality manager who flagged safety lapses in the Boeing Dreamliner programme before his mysterious death last year.

Boeing Whistleblower Warned About 787 — Today, One Crashed

WASHINGTON – John Barnett wasn’t just a Boeing employee — he was a veteran quality manager who spent nearly three decades with the company. And before his tragic death in 2024, he became one of its most outspoken internal critics. Barnett alleged that Boeing’s North Charleston plant, where the 787 Dreamliner is assembled, was rife […]

Who Was John Barnett? Boeing Whistleblower’s Alarming Dreamliner Claims Resurface After Air India Plane Crash

The tragic crash of Air India flight AI-171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner en route from Ahmedabad to London, has cast a critical spotlight back on Boeing’s production practices. Now, troubling safety warnings issued by former Boeing quality manager John Barnett, who died under mysterious circumstances last year, are drawing renewed attention.

Boeing whistleblower’s past warnings resurface after Gujarat plane crash

In March 2024, just before he was scheduled to testify in a whistleblower retaliation case, Barnett was found dead.