Airline Industry

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Another Boeing-Linked Whistleblower Has Died: What to Know About Josh Dean and Spirit Aero

By Koh Ewe
May 2, 2024 6:30 AM EDT

Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems who had flagged safety concerns and alleged misconduct by the aircraft manufacturer, died Tuesday after a sudden and severe infection.

Dean is the second Boeing-linked whistleblower to have died in the last two months as the company has come under heightened scrutiny.

Dean, who was 45 and lived in Wichita, Kan., was in good health before he began to experience trouble breathing about two weeks ago and went to a hospital, according to the Seattle Times, which first reported on his death. Dean’s deterioration from that point, his aunt told the newspaper, was “brutal” and “heartbreaking.”

According to a series of public social media posts by Dean’s family, by April 21, he was in “very critical condition.” Dean tested positive for influenza B and MRSA, a difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, and developed pneumonia. He was intubated and put on dialysis as well as airlifted to another hospital to be put on an ECMO machine, a form of cardiac and respiratory life support. A CT scan showed that he had also suffered a stroke. Doctors were considering amputating his hands and feet, which had turned black from lack of oxygen.

“He is in the worst condition I have ever known or heard of. Even the hospital agrees,” Dean’s sister-in-law Kristen Dean posted on Facebook on Saturday, April 27. On Sunday night, Dean’s family posted that he was “giving up his fight” and “refusing to let them do any life saving procedures,” though his mother said she “told the doctor he doesn't know what he wants, I’m sure he wants to live, he’s afraid, scared and depressed.” According to Dean’s mother, the doctor agreed and performed a bronchoscopy, a surgical procedure to investigate the lungs and airways. Dean’s family announced that he had passed on Tuesday morning.



https://time.com/6973635/boeing-spirit- ... dean-dead/

[keith]

Qantas to pay $120m for allegedly selling tickets to flights that had already been cancelled

Qantas will fork out $100m as a civil penalty and pay $20m to customers in compensation, after striking a deal with the consumer watchdog over landmark legal action for allegedly selling tens of thousands of tickets to flights that had already been cancelled in its system.

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Qantas, in its defence to the legal action, claimed it doesn’t sell customers tickets to any particular flight, but rather a “bundle of rights” that includes alternative options in the event of cancellations, as it responded to allegations it sold tickets to thousands of already cancelled flights.

The airline also claimed the sales occurred due to its online booking system, and that informing customers that it had already cancelled flights they were booked on would have created “uncertainty and frustration” and overwhelmed its phone lines when they were all automatically notified of the cancellation without being allocated a replacement flight.

[keith]

That is exactly what happened to me.

I booked a flight. On the night before I got a message saying it had been cancelled and they would 'try' to get us on another flight. Never got another message, but checking on frequent flyer page showed me on an earlier flight. So OK

We get to the airport, and the flight is 'delayed'. It actually leaves at the exact time the original flight was scheduled.

[Suranis]

https://twitter.com/igairport/status/17 ... 3372646426

iGA Istanbul Airport
@igairport
Announcement:
On Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 at 08:17, a Boeing 767 type cargo aircraft of FedEx, flight number FX6238, arriving from CDG - Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, safely landed at iGA Istanbul Airport without opening the front landing gear due to a technical issue, as directed by the air traffic control tower.
Immediately upon the controlled landing on the fuselage, the accident was taken under control without any injuries or loss of life by the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Team (ARFF) of iGA Istanbul Airport. Air traffic was temporarily halted on runway 16R following the landing.
The teams are diligently working to safely relocate the aircraft and restore routine flight operations on the runway. Flight traffic and operations remain unaffected on all other runways, including the auxiliary runways.

Duyuru:
8 Mayıs 2024 Çarşamba günü saat 08:17’de FedEx firmasına ait, CDG - Paris Charles de Gaulle Havalimanı’ndan gelen FX6238 sefer sayılı Boeing 767 tipi kargo uçağı teknik bir nedenden dolayı ön iniş takımları açılmadan İGA İstanbul Havalimanı’na, hava trafik kontrol kulesinin yönlendirmesi ile başarılı bir iniş yapmıştır.
Gövde üzeri kontrollü iniş öncesi, pistte hazır bekleyen İGA İstanbul Havalimanı Kurtarma ve Yangınla Mücadele ekibinin (ARFF), uçağa anında müdahalesiyle hiç bir can kaybı yaşanmadan kaza kontrol altına alınmıştır. Olay sonrası sadece 16R pisti geçici süreliğine hava trafiğine kapatılmıştır. İGA İstanbul Havalimanı Kurtarma ve Yangınla Mücadele ekibinin (ARFF), uçağın güvenli bir alana taşınması ve pistin uçuş trafiğine açılmasına yönelik çalışmaları sürmektedir. Yedek pistler dahil olmak üzere tüm diğer pistlerde uçuş trafiği ve operasyon sorunsuz bir şekilde devam etmektedir.

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“Boeing whistleblower says plane parts had serious defects”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68979354

“Plane bodies made by Boeing's largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects, according to a former quality inspector at the firm.
Santiago Paredes who worked for Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas, told the BBC he often found up to 200 defects on parts being readied for shipping to Boeing.”