Boeing 'threatened to break' whistleblower who died by suicide: Lawsuit

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The household of a Boeing whistleblower who died by termination past twelvemonth filed a wrongful decease suit Wednesday accusing the craft elephantine of fostering a toxic civilization and retaliating against employees.

John Barnett changeable himself successful the caput successful his motortruck extracurricular a South Carolina edifice successful March 2024 aft helium gave deposition grounds successful Charleston regarding his whistleblower complaint.

The suit accuses Boeing of fostering a "deep rooted civilization of concealing defects and information violations, and of harassing, denigrating, and retaliating against employees who effort to travel the law, FAA's rules and regulations, and Boeing's ain purported processes and procedures."

"When John tried to bash his job, Boeing Management pressured him to not papers defects oregon to not decently papers the craft physique grounds successful bid to debar accumulation delays," the suit states. "When John persisted, Management embarked connected a concerted run of harassment, abuse, and intimidation intended to discourage, discredit, and humiliate him until helium would either springiness up oregon beryllium discredited."

BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER JOHN BARNETT'S LAWYERS BLAME SUICIDE ON COMPANY AS NOTE REVEALED

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett spoke retired astir the company's practices successful January 2024. (TMZ)

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The ailment filed successful U.S. District Court successful South Carolina says Barnett was passionate astir his occupation and believed helium had a motivation work to support the flying nationalist safe, but eventually, "the concerted harassment and abuse" became "too much." He was diagnosed with PTSD, depression, panic attacks, and anxiousness stemming from his enactment successful 2017.

BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER JOHN BARNETT'S CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED AS CORONER RELEASES OFFICIAL FINDINGS

Signage extracurricular the Boeing Co. manufacturing installation successful Renton, Washington, US, connected Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

For example, successful precocious October 2016, Barnett's elder manager called him a full of 19 times implicit an eight-hour period, according to the lawsuit. A fewer days later, the aforesaid manager allegedly called Barnett 21 times implicit 8 hours, seemingly telling Barnett, "I'm going to propulsion you until you break."

"Boeing had threatened to interruption John and interruption him it did."

In an email Barnett wrote dated February 2021, helium said helium was "trying to fig retired what it would instrumentality to make" himself consciousness "whole again."

"I utilized to beryllium a precise blessed spell fortunate feline [sic] that loved his job, his Company and the products they built. I had a precise affirmative outlook connected life. Boeing has perfectly destroyed my outlook connected life," Barnnett wrote. 

A photograph of John Barnett's termination note. (U.S. District Court of South Carolina)

Just earlier his death, Barnett wrote a termination note.

"America, travel unneurotic oregon die!!" helium wrote. "I commune the motherf---ers that destroyed my beingness pay!!! I commune Boeing pays!!! Bury maine look down truthful Boeing and their lying-a-- leaders tin buss my a--."

BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER JOHN BARNETT WAS SPIED ON, HARASSED BY MANAGERS, LAWSUIT CLAIMS 

"P.S.," Barnnett continued, "The full strategy for whistleblowers extortion [sic] is f---ed up too!!"

A Boeing worker works connected the aft portions of a 787 Dreamliner during the manufacturing process astatine the Boeing manufacturing installation successful North Charleston, South Carolina, connected Dec. 13, 2022. (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

Barnett was recovered dormant aft helium failed to look for his 3rd time of deposition grounds successful Charleston successful March of past year.

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In January 2024, Barnett told TMZ that helium was acrophobic that Boeing was returning its 737 Max 9 jets to the entity excessively quickly, aft an incidental successful which an Alaska Airlines jet's doorway sheet blew disconnected mid-flight.

Unrelated to Barnett's lawsuit, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun announced past March that helium would beryllium resigning by the extremity of 2024 amid the company's ongoing struggles.

Fox News' Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.