The family of former Spirit AeroSystems employee turned whistleblower Joshua Dean said he died two weeks after developing an infection
The family of a former Spirit AeroSystems employee turned whistleblower said he has died after a sudden illness. Joshua Dean, from Wichita, Kansas, was a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, who was fired in April 2023.
She said he had tested positive for Influenza B and MRSA and developed pneumonia. The infection had spread throughout his body, she said, and he had to be intubated and was transferred to a hospital in Oklahoma City. A subsequent CT scan revealed he had had a stroke, she added., which first reported on his death, said Mr Dean had previously “been in good health and was noted for having a healthy lifestyle”.: “Our thoughts are with Josh Dean’s family.
He said his focus on this defect meant he missed in that same audit a separate manufacturing flaw in the fittings that attach the vertical tail fin to the fuselage, and that when that was discovered the following April and caused a delivery pause at Boeing’s plant in Renton, Washington state, he was fired.
He had also been giving statements as part of a shareholder lawsuit against Spirit AeroSystems that alleges an “excessive” numbers of defects at its Kansas factory, although he was not the plaintiff in the case.in February this year, he said: “Now, I’m not saying they don’t want you to go out there and inspect a job. You know, they do.
Spirit AeroSystems is one of the main manufacturers of parts for Boeing aircraft and was identified as the supplier of the faulty door plug on the
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