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Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two (www.hindustantimes.com)
submitted 4 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

One death is coincidental, two is suspicious, any more and it’s gonna become plainly obvious, and now there’s 10. That’s just delicious. They can’t silence them all.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

1 dead whistleblower is a tragedy. 10 dead whistleblowers are a statistic.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

nice reference 10/10

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I give it a perfect 5/7

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The first wasn't coincidental. He said "hey they might murder me" then he died right before testifying.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

Well, iirc he didn’t show for his deposition, or the day after, or the day after that, at which point the lawyers sent people to find him and found he “committed suicide”.

This is after he said “I am absolutely not going to commit suicide over this. If I die and people say it was suicide, I was killed.”

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Can't or won't?

Seriously, though, I wouldn't be surprised, if a bunch of suicides or "retractions" are happening soon.

How about 2 million if you shut up? No? How about we publish this dirt on you? Would be a shame, if some nameless robber orphans your children.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

EDIT: I should've read the article, but I'm taking the L and leaving this up with a strikethrough. The phrasing "after" in the headline definitely creates the wrong impression here. As for what this says about people, I guess we'll have to see if the other ten whistleblowers still testify.

And if you think it's too much to assume Boeing killed these two people, that's the wrong question. It matters more whether as a fellow whistleblower it's reasonable to worry about whether Boeing killed them, and I think it is.

Also Boeing definitely killed the first guy at least. "If I die, it's not suicide." - man who "committed suicide". WTAF.

~~If you ever hear anyone talking about how humans suck and we're all terrible and will definitely destroy ourselves, just think about the fact that killing whistleblowers was quickly followed by more whistleblowers. Not just lone heros, but ten fucking people said, "hey, fuck you, are you really gonna kill me too?" knowing that the answer could well be "yes".~~

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Funny, just yesterday probably I was arguing with someone in another thread that was saying the people here don't actually think Boeing had these whistleblowers killed, it was just making "implications and jokes."

And here, very clearly, with a massive number of upvotes we have someone claiming that Boeing had them killed and that resulted in brave souls coming out afterward. lol

However, this also exposes another huge complaint I have with your typical lemmy-er (lemming? lemmite? what do you call a user of lemmy?): Almost no one reads the fucking article.

This isn't about new whistleblowers coming out, but their lawyer claiming he is afraid that current whistle blowers will be "scared away."

But, of course, what I've learned on reddit and even more so on lemmy is that the facts don't matter, only the narrative.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

Almost no one reads the fucking article

Same as it ever was

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They can't possibly kill them all right?

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Boing: challenge accepted

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Separate tickets, dudes.

[–] restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For real. If ever there were a time to hop on an Amtrak, I think this would be a good one.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would want the motherfucking Navy to take me around South America, the passenger train system in the US is sadly so sparse it makes it too easy for someone to find someone else based on odds. And Amtrak doesn’t have anti air weapons

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

You think they will make a boing machine just drop in on the train? I mean at the rate those planes are failing, I would not be surprised if that happens by chance even. Damn, this was their plan from the start, wasn't it?

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hold on! A SECOND whistleblower died?!

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

On sickness.