A former employee of the American aerospace giant Boeing, who had publicly denounced violations of safety standards in the company's aircraft production processes, has been found dead.
This is what the American media reports, according to which the 62-year-old engineer, John Barnett, with over thirty years of career at Boeing, during which he also assumed the role of quality manager, died on Saturday, caused by a "self-inflicted gunshot wound". .
Boeing announced at the end of last month the replacement of one of its top executives, following the controversy related to the safety problems that affected the 737 Max plane, especially after a door came off during a flight operated by the company Alaska Airlines last January.
Boeing announced the replacement of Ed Clark, vice president for the 737 program and general manager of the company's Renton, Wash., plant, with Katie Ringgold, who previously oversaw 737 customer deliveries. Clark, who has worked at Boeing for about 18 years, took over the Renton plant in 2021 as the company sought to recover from two major air crashes involving 737 Max planes in 2018 and 2019.
Boeing yesterday also announced the creation of a new management role to oversee quality control, which will be entrusted to another company vice president, Elizabeth Lund.