Whistleblower raises safety concerns about Boeing's 787-Dreamliner
The FAA says it's investigating claims by a Boeing quality control engineer that sections of the 787's fuselage were improperly fastened together and could eventually fail after thousands of flights. Boeing disputes the claims, saying the plane "is very safe" and has undergone intense stress testing. NBC News' Tom Costello reports.
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A moment of silence for the engineer
@IamNiggler
4 ай бұрын
RIP
@USA-zr9zy
4 ай бұрын
Yep basically
@IamNiggler
4 ай бұрын
@@USA-zr9zy dei HIRE
@HurricaneJahya
4 ай бұрын
Please shut up, hiring POC has nothing to do with planes crashing. @@IamNiggler
@IamNiggler
4 ай бұрын
@@HurricaneJahya egging
Mr. Barnett did not take his own life. He was killed stop playing around with the truth.
@ljacobs357
4 ай бұрын
And where is your evidence.
@EvolutionIX219
4 ай бұрын
@@ljacobs357trust me bro
@marymorenomariposa
4 ай бұрын
@@ljacobs357common sense, something you clearly do NOT have. it’s obvious
@Motosfourlife
4 ай бұрын
He specifically said before they killed him that 'if something happens to me its not a suicide'@@ljacobs357
@zMidnightHD
4 ай бұрын
@ljacobs357 well for starters before he "took his own life", he said "I do not plan to take my life"
STOP saying John Barnett “took his own life” come on, NO ONE believes that do not “report” it, pathetic journalism
@andysPARK
4 ай бұрын
We don't know. Just don't know. But his life and work was worthy and not forgotten either way.
@willdavis2005
4 ай бұрын
Because his mom’s best friend’s daughter claimed he said he wouldn’t commit suicide… ok
@nicoctane1669
4 ай бұрын
Right before he was supposed to speak against Boeing? Yeah, to convenient right their.@willdavis7470
@jpsion
4 ай бұрын
occams razor. why would boeing risk it all for that one whistle blower? show us proof, otherwise suicide is still the most reasonable one.
@chickenceiling
4 ай бұрын
theres no way they killed him
I hope they don’t murder this person, too.
“Took his own life”. Sure …
@rnburley
4 ай бұрын
It's amazing how quickly they came to that conclusion. This is a high profile death under suspicious circumstances and yet the very next day they were like "oh he shot himself" as if no one has ever been killed and it be made to look like a suicide.
Hope they don't silence this one.
@USA-zr9zy
4 ай бұрын
They will
“Boeing Says” - are we supposed to believe that corporations are honest???
Do you trust Boeing management with your life?
@rsvpevents6780
4 ай бұрын
I flew in a Boeing from Japan to New York last night and let me tell you I was terrified. Thank God everything worked out fine and later, I also found out the plane was one of Boeing‘s older ones (773) which is safe and reliable. it’s Boeing‘s newer planes that have the issues.
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
@@rsvpevents6780 it doesnt matter, why were you terrified? I mean if you are terrified of this you should be terrified of everything else in life. its not rational. even the newer boeing planes fly everyday without any problems, no different from any other plane
Boeing is about to go assassin mode again
Soooooo is he gonna "committee suicide" too?
@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane
4 ай бұрын
Car accident.
@user-gy7og5yh2s
3 ай бұрын
Apparently an illness…. Another whistle blower died yesterday
Plane we're talking about: Boeing 787 *Shows Airbus A330 blueprint*
NBC stop, no one paying attention believes he took his own life.
A week from now we all be be back with the whistleblower mysteriously killed suicide. It makes me sick how politicians are silent about this on both sides of aisle.
RIP in advance to the whistleblower
RIP whistleblower you will be remembered
Please protect this whistle-blower. Buy him a ticket for a safety haven in Europe or something. Those incidents of people dying after they revelead dirty things seem a little fishy.
@memolano100
4 ай бұрын
Bot not a ticket to fly in a Boeing.
@zaram131
4 ай бұрын
Good point
@woodgrainstudios7321
3 ай бұрын
Buy him a ticket to somewhere else? , As if,...Nevermind
If you mute the video, and listen very closely, you can actually hear the bankruptcy coming.
@philoctetes_wordsworth
4 ай бұрын
👍🏻🔥🔥🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@DG-hw8it
4 ай бұрын
With no competition around for the 787....😂
@adamd6648
3 ай бұрын
Yea that’s gonna happen💀
Hopefully the investigators can keep the witness safe unlike the case with Mr. Barnett.
If it’s Boeing, I ain’t goin
“Took his own life”?? Show me one, literally ONE person who actually believs that
Forget boeing. Pure airbus for me
@topgun1457
3 ай бұрын
airbus has issues too mate but go ahead your crash chance is the same on airbus as it is with Boeing
@JustYourRandomTurk
3 ай бұрын
@@topgun1457At least we can fly in peace knowing that the plane we are riding will not have an automatic door ejecting system, and will not begin to crumble after a few thousand flights.
@dWFnZWVr
3 ай бұрын
False. Airbus has a significantly better safety record than Boeing; and has done for well over the last decade. Considering Airbus is the biggest manufacturer in the world with more Airbus flying worldwide than Boeing aircraft, that statistic says a lot.
"who took his own life" pathetic journalism
@erauprcwa
4 ай бұрын
Do you have evidence to suggest otherwise?
@sonicbobomb15
4 ай бұрын
@erauprcwa Boeing's lawyers asked him to stay a day later. He also said that if he died and it was ruled a suicide it was a lie. There's lots of evidence.
@erauprcwa
4 ай бұрын
@@sonicbobomb15 That's circumstantial at best. Also that statement is alleged and cannot be proven.
@sonicbobomb15
4 ай бұрын
@erauprcwa Also the fact that it was immediately ruled a suicide when the guy clearly stated he was not suicidal. What about the fact the CEO said that he's going to step down after this year? There's so much evidence against you and the only thing you have to say is "it's circumstantial" no it was deliberate, a murder. 1 day before Beoing's trial. It was clearly the lawyers that killed them if they asked him to stay a day longer and then they find him dead in his car, immediately ruled a suicide without an actual investigation. What evidence do you have that he was suicidal? None because he said it himself.
@erauprcwa
3 ай бұрын
@@sonicbobomb15 Many people with depression don't vocalize that they are depressed and suicidal (see Robin Williams). The CEO stepping down happens whenever something big happens. Again, all evidence right now is that it was a suicide. The burden of proof is on those who say it's NOT a suicide.
“Intense FAA inspection” like dude they are complicit otherwise none of this would have happened
Car accident this time?
@The_Stef
3 ай бұрын
the possibilities are endless. In Russia e.g. it's popular to fall out of windows.
Atleast put protection to the whistle blower.
How is Boeing still in business?
@j.a.3138
4 ай бұрын
It will never go out of business. The US gov will bail them out.
@sfs2040
4 ай бұрын
There's only 2 companies building airliners left in the world, they're one of them
@adamd6648
3 ай бұрын
@@j.a.3138Exactly.
@RM6737
3 ай бұрын
They get tons of cash from military and space contracts. The "new" SLS disposable moon rocket costs *BILLIONS* each and Boeing is a prime contractor for that clunker.
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
they are in business because they build very good planes, incredibily safe
SMH they killed tht man smh 🤦♂️
He was murdered.
'Breaking news' with regard to Boeing has a special meaning 😂
All this harkens back to managment being given to accountants and marketting types rather than the engineers that used to run the company.
@Chad_Max
4 ай бұрын
It’s DE&I hiring. I bet the minute they hire qualified male engineers and male project managers, these issues will disappear very quickly…
@Matt-fl8uy
4 ай бұрын
@@Chad_Max You know it's a bunch of white men leading the company, right?
@Bonjour-World
4 ай бұрын
@@Chad_Max Do you lose all your bets ?
@esosaogbebor8189
3 ай бұрын
@chad_Max that’s the stupidest thing I have heard almost all the top managers are men already
1:57 Boeing is responsible for his life
He will get “Boeinged.”
Never flying a Boeing.
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
why?
How many more executives need to to be replaced before an overhaul to address safety at Boeing? Remove their Board. Congress should know their stock investments in Boeing is not recovering anytime soon.
@lindafukuyu5767
3 ай бұрын
They all need to be in jail !!
@PhilaTsavo
3 ай бұрын
Changing the board will only be useful if it is dominated by engineers. More than once I have seen people complain that shedding those engineers and bringing in Wall Street types contributed significantly to Boeing's greedy pursuit of proofs.
is this a new one or is it barnett? if its a new one we need to keep them under watch before boeing gets to him first.
Nobody seems to explain what the issue is. The issue is, on some 787, when joining different pieces of the fuselage, these would not fit together, so they decided to push them together as hard as possible and then bolt them in - throughout the plane’s lifetime, those fuselage pieces will be pushing hard away from each other, at one point breaking apart
Are we really pushing the narrative that he took his own life? 😂🤣 We all know what really happened
@Chad_Max
4 ай бұрын
I’m sorry but why is it so hard to believe that a person with a history of ptsd, confirmed by his own family, would not commit suicide when a major life stress issues is being dealt with. Do you really think it’s more believable that a publicly traded company would assasinate him? Occam’s razor sweetheart…
@missbettyxxx
4 ай бұрын
@@Chad_Maxbecause he said he would never take his life ! They killed that man ! Stop the BS
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
we dont know what happened, who is we all?
Why do we need whistleblowers to tell us all these issues?? What’s the FAA for ????
@a.b.19.80.
4 ай бұрын
Boeing mostly self regulates. The FAA has become an auditor- they look at records of quality control/ safety instead of inspections.
Is the whistleblower on suicide watch?
And here, we, go... 😂
“Boeing says the plane should fly safely for decades”. SHOULD?! 😢
Mr. Barnett. You are an American hero God bless you, SIR!!! Thank you for speaking out and caring about people’s lives not only in the United States but all over the world. God bless you, sir.
Im gonna go ahead and say this guy also didn't commit suicide
So Boeing makes a flying Pinto now 🤷♂️
Remember that arrogant, "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going" cliche? Or the Airbus = Scarebus taunt? Not hearing that much nowadays!
How has the dreamliner not had any incidents after launch tho?
make it mandatory for every Boeing employees and FAA employees to fly on a randomly assigned boeing airplane at least once a year. Boeing pays for it.
Yeah he killed his self because … 😅? Even Ai 🤖 knows he got murdered by Boeing
I still don't trust any of the Boeing.
Is this new whistleblower still alive at this time? Or has a clone taken his place already?
RIP
Which Boeing plane isn’t a POS?
Took his own life 🤔
This whistleblower should avoid going to any Dodgers games. Especially if the SC Trojans Marching band will be performing that day, as well as any work is being done by steamrollers outside the stadium.
Did anybody really think this was limited to 737?
At the end metal fatigue should be captured during maintenance
Hey Boeing, get it together, man!
Oh, the plane model that’s never crashed once. Got it. This stuff is getting a little out of control.
Funny how Airbus is having the exact same issue with the A380 but no one makes a fuss about it.
@12345anton6789
4 ай бұрын
The A380 has an aluminium fuselage which is made in a completely different way
@arnaldocerra7218
4 ай бұрын
@@12345anton6789 Airbus admitted last week that they are having an issue with gaps developing on the A380 fuselage because some fasteners were not used in construction as designed. Look it up.
God bless the whistleblower...it could not have been easy to come forward And is anyone surprised? Every time you switch on the news something else has fallen off a plane.
All Jazeera did a documentary in 2014 on B787 called Broken Dreams and FAA did nothing about it
@lupowins
4 ай бұрын
Not true. They tried to suppress it as best they could.
how do they know he "took his own life"? I thought its still under investigation?
@RM6737
3 ай бұрын
Investigation? What investigation?
Not sure if this is a common issue... but I was on a 787-Dreamliner flying from Amsterdam to Atlanta a week ago, and the AC in the cabin started shooting ice and water all over me and passengers in the front half of the plane shortly before taking flight. I saw it was the Dreamline and couldn't help but feel nervous. Flight attendants dismissed the event.
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
dreamliners have never had a single deadly crash, they are extremely safe. its just as amazing safety record which is also hard to believe but its true, its that safe
Lean manufacturing at its worst, keep the bean counters out of it
He won't survive. He better hide. 😢
It’s never too late for Lockheed to get back into the game.
software engineers are paid a bounty for finding bugs and reporting them, aerospace engineers are booted if we report a "bug" or might even get killed! imagine if Boeing paid their engineers a bounty for reporting a quality escape hole. You might get tons of notices on all of the flawed things that are ignore cuz nobody cared enough to go through countless rounds of argument with the bean counters and schedulers.
@lindafukuyu5767
3 ай бұрын
Even Software Engineers at Boeing got ignored when they’re reporting the Bugs !! They’re silenced by the upper management !!
They need to protect this man and his family.
Lets see how long this whistleblower lasts for... I give it a week before the Boeing CEO's do their thing.
Sounds like twa800 warning
This is so sad and scary!
Boeing is sounding a lot like oceangate these days
New allegations from somebody "with an axe to grind"? One guy? The MAXX is not the 787. The pilots did not know how to fly the planes in the 2 crashes. The press and media will exaggerate anything!😡
@Choosewiselyeye
3 ай бұрын
He’s not just a man he’s a whisleblower a man who is responsible for cheaking safety of jets
They're gonna make a movie about this
Another whistleblower done signed his own death warrant.
Ill take the train
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
its actually less safe than taking a boeing plane
I’ve flown on this plane on two round trips to Europe. Glad i don’t fly them regularly
787 Screamliner. Thank you, I'll be here all week.
Man, the Faa needs to shut them down!!!
Paper thin gaps in a fuselage that ought not to be there sound scary to me. We should not wait for crashes to make changes.
This dude rip
Ment to be flying on one of these tomorrow. Wish me luck guys
@davidjohn8743
3 ай бұрын
You made it right?
@officiallotus_user6799
3 ай бұрын
Nope I was wrong I flew with British Airways A321-231
“Took his own life”
Time will tell !
Thought this was decent reporting on Boeing, then 01:56 came around and it was time to dislike. You’re not getting away with that slip.
@RM6737
3 ай бұрын
Lousy journalism, indeed. Where's the good old "allegedly"?
rip
That statement by Boeing is too slippery for them not to either know, suspect or worry that the whistle-blower is correct.
So disrespectful to say he took is own life even if investigations are barely started. Why hurrying so much?
This is way darker then how we paint other countries to be.
Those mis-matched sections are all over the place on that plane, the tail section is really bad especially by the horizontal stab area. I worked at that Charleston and Everett facility fixing those problems and its a matter of time. The problem is carbon fiber is not forgiving at all and mechanics who worked on aluminum aircraft brought tons of bad habits with them. Boeing's safety quality policies were great, it was the inexperience people they brought in cheaper than the high priced experience people that were more expensive that is killing them now. Those 787's are riddled with pre-loaded sections and improperly installed fasteners. Boeing should have kept the 787 in-house instead of farming out all that work.
@TylerShacklefordDurden
3 ай бұрын
Terrifyingly valuable post. Thank you.
@valentinab6730
3 ай бұрын
I booked etihad flights in August. 4 connecting flights that are all 787. What would you do? What do I do? I'm scared.
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
despite what you say they still havent crashed, not even once and is one of the safest airplanes out there. you cannot get safer than that. so how do you explain that?
The deceased older whistleblower did not die of foul play. Too many bots.
00:50 Don't fool people, Boeing. 787 airframes, or all airframes of any aircraft type for that matter, do not undergo "heavy intense testing". They are just pressure tested once before leaving the factory. Like it was done in Alaska Airlines MAX aircraft! Manufacturer heavy tests only ONE unit for the same type, e.g. 787, 737 at the certification process. Then they guarantee the regulator, i.e. FAA in USA, EASA in Europe, that they will always manufacture compliant to the first sample. If regulator is persuaded manufacturer receives the *type certificate.* But what happens if manufacturing quality drops in time??
Safety testing of a prototype is meaningless if the subsequent production planes aren't manufactured exactly the same way with exactly the same parts.
Boeing having more questions raised about safety? You don't say. Wonder how long thus whistleblower will last. Also stop pretending like its normal for someone to delete themselves while testifying.
scrape the max 737 programs or scrap Boeing. The 737 - mx programs have not had the airframes design flaws rectified whilst the dream liner as expected has quality control issues getting worse with length of service. Flaws reported have been many including cracks in the aircraft pitch fork joints potentially causing a structural failure.
Guess these weren't as safe as everyone thought.
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
there is a very good reason to think that, they still havent crashed, not once
@nicoctane1669
2 ай бұрын
@dreamthedream8929 According to what the main stream media wants to share..
@dreamthedream8929
2 ай бұрын
@@nicoctane1669 what do you mean by that?
Composite pressure vessel with wings? No thank you.
What happened with the "allegedly" took his life?
Two boeing planes lost control due to turbulece within a few days of each other. I know Mr John Barnett pointed out different issues but I can't just look away from this coincidence .. RIP John Barnett and also Geoff Kitchen that passed away on the boeing 777 airplane a few days ago.. I'm going to fly with a Airbus to sweden in 6 weeks , I feel a little calmer knowing it's not a boeing ..
Where are the law enforcement agencies when you need them???????