MORNING NEWSBREAK | Federal lawmakers and whistleblowers described a culture of putting profits ahead of safety at Boeing in a pair of April 17 U.S. Senate hearings, one of which focused on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner made in North Charleston. The hearings followed several recent safety issues with the company’s commercial jets, including a door-plug […]
John Barnett had been giving a formal legal deposition against the plane manufacturer before his sudden death.
The company was charged with fraud conspiracy in 2021
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Boeing reports earnings premarket Wednesday. As the market awaits Boeing Co's (NYSE:BA) earnings call this week, investors are wondering whether the company's results will be strong enough to counter recent scandals hunting the company's public image. The aircraft manufacturer will release its results premarket Wednesday. Boeing is facing major criticism over safety concerns that sprouted several federal investigations and are eroding
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A former Boeing employee turned whistleblower has died after a sudden illness, his family announced on Tuesday.Joshua Dean, a former Spirit AeroSystems employee, had accused the aircraft manufacturer of ignoring defects in the production of the 737 MAX, a series whose reputation has been marred by a series of crashes and safety issues in recent years.Dean is the second Boeing whistleblower to die suddenly, after Josh Barnett was found dead less than two months ago. According to South Carolina...
"It Was Brutal": 2nd Boeing-Linked Whistleblower Dies A whistleblower at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems died Tuesday morning following a struggle with a 'sudden, fast-spreading infection,' the Seattle Times reports. 45-year-old Joshua Dean, a former mechanical engineer and quality auditor from Wichita, Kansas, alleged that Spirit leadership ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, including 'mechanics improperly drilling holes in the aft pressure bulkhead of the MAX.'...
With 4,000 face-to-face classes suspended, a Senate panel will conduct a hearing today to discuss the effects of extreme heat on learners and the shift to alternative delivery modes.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine, exacerbated by Russia's invasion, has escalated the risks to nuclear safety.
Officials of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), Department of National Defense (DND) and local government units will be invited to the Senate hearing on the influx of Chinese students in Cagayan, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said yesterday.
A Boeing whistleblower has claimed that he was repeatedly ignored after raising concerns about alleged manufacturing shortcuts at the airplane maker.
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit