Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning after a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection.

Known as Josh, Dean lived in Wichita, Kan., where Spirit is based. He was 45, had been in good health and was noted for having a healthy lifestyle.

He died after two weeks in critical condition, his aunt Carol Parsons said.

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    8 months ago

    All these accidental coincidence deaths starting to remind me of a certain Eurasia country

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    So uhh this is awkward. But this is their second whistleblower to die? At what point do we uhhh investigate this?

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    Someone with a lot of money probably did something extremely heinous… that, or a PR team just landed the absolute worst coincidence.

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      I haven’t heard anyone irl talking about Boeing recently, and barely even saw anything online a week after the initial death. While it pisses me off to no end, this incident will blow over just as easily for Boeing.

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          If you’re in the US, you have very few non-Boeing options. Especially if you’re trying to pick affordable flights.

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            Yeah, if anything, I expect people to book whatever flights they were already going to book, and just crack jokes like “I hope I make it!”

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    A local politician in my area died recently of an unknown infection. No one will say anything more about it. I realize the Boeing whistleblower was probably a hit. But are we not concerned in general about deadly infections escaping and starting the next pandemic, as if using them for hit jobs weren’t bad enough?

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    Wait wait was this the guy who was transferred to a different project as ‘punishment’ by Boeing or someone else?

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      This is a new one who died from a sudden and severe MSRA infection…

      Both were being represented by the same law firm in the same case against Boeing and Spirit (Boeings contractor for parts and assembly).

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        Ahh okay cool different guy 👍👍

        Also probably not bumped off by the big B but then again who knows at this point lol

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    Interesting aside, as I understand it, Spirit Aerosystem is the company that was ultimately contracted to repair the emergency exit door plug issue and failed to properly re-install the securing bolts when they were done.

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    Strange unexplained fatal illness, to otherwise healthy guy, outta nowhere right after the deposition.

    Goddamn, Boeing. Thats some CIA shit

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    When it comes to dealing with those opposing any facets of the MIC, the US is already a fascist state. Your freedoms do not extend to any part of the MIC, they exist above you and your needs