One time is tragic. Two times is still tragic, but also a coincidence. Three times is a trend. Let’s hope it doesn’t get to that. However, it would be strange if people didn’t point out that a second Boeing whistleblower has ended up dead, out of the blue, surrounded by mysterious circumstances.
Joshua Dean, the 44-year-old whistleblower that raised concerns over safety failures on Boeing planes, died earlier this week after “surprise infection,” as Fox News put it, put him the in the ICU for days.
According to Fox News:
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.
The 44-year-old lost his job in 2023 and filed a retaliation complaint with federal labor officials, alleging that he was only fired for speaking out.
Dean had been deposed in connection with a shareholder lawsuit and had reported dangerous faults in components of Boeing’s 737 MAX plane — a model linked to a number of catastrophes in recent years.
And now Dean is dead, along with 62-year-old John Barnett, who died from “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 9.”
Related: Late Boeing Whistleblower's Friend Claims He Told Her 'If Anything Happens to Me, It's Not Suicide'
Less than two months and two whistleblowers of the same company are no longer with us. Again, we can only say it’s a coincidence at this point. There’s no evidence currently available that would suggest improprieties done by Boeing.
Barnett had filed a retaliation lawsuit, which Fox News reported on with the following:
Barnett had sued Boeing, claiming that he had been retaliated against, harassed and spied on by the company. He never showed up for his second day of depositions. His lawyers started making calls, and hotel workers found him dead in the parking lot.
He also raised safety concerns about Boeing planes, and Barnett allegedly killed himself just a day after giving a deposition in his own lawsuit against the company. He reportedly also told a friend that "If anything happens to me, it's not suicide." (Click the related link above for that story.)
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