Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.

John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett’s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a “self-inflicted” wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

  • xapr [he/him]English
    1•9 months ago

    As I much as I also believe that, there is no hard evidence (that we know of) that he didn’t kill himself. I think that’s why it’s in that section. The suspiciousness of it is through the roof, but we can’t prove it.

    • @Cosmicomical
      1•9 months ago

      Sure we can’t prove it but that diagram puts it at the same level of UFOs.

      • xapr [he/him]English
        1•9 months ago

        Right, the chart is far from perfect, but they just grouped them both under the “we have questions” section. We have lots of unresolved questions about Epstein’s death, we have lots of unresolved questions about UFO sightings.

        • @Cosmicomical
          2•9 months ago

          No, I understand we have questions but explaining epstein requires a couple of details, while UFOs require new laws of physics.

          • xapr [he/him]
            2•9 months ago

            You definitely have a good point. I don’t think the designer probably meant much by it though. It’s only a casual classification.