Boeing whistleblower found dead in hotel parking lot just days after testifying against airplane giant | 11 March 2024 | A Boeing whistleblower was found dead in his truck in the parking lot of his South Carolina hotel after he failed to show up for the second part of his testimony for a bombshell lawsuit against the company, a report said Monday. John Barnett, 62, had raised safety concerns at the airline’s factories and provided his first testimony just days before he was found dead from an apparent "self-inflicted" gunshot wound, the Charleston County coroner told the BBC. The whistleblower had been staying at the hotel to provide a deposition in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company...He worked as a quality control engineer.