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Another Boeing whistleblower comes forward over safety concerns, alleges he was reprimanded as ‘insubordinate’ for flagging issues on 787 Dreamliner planes


Roy Irvin alleges he was reprimanded as ‘insubordinate’ for flagging issues on 787 Dreamliner planes

A second whistleblower, 45-year-old Joshua Dean, who previously worked as a quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, died from an illness in April. Santiago Paredes, another whistleblower, who worked for Spirit AeroSystems as a former quality manager, told CBS News in May that “it was very rare for us to look at a job and not find any defects”. Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour also came forward earlier this year, issuing a stark warning about 787 jets.

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