Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As Boeing ramps up production and tries to prove its troubled past is behind it, a new documentary is reopening questions about the whistleblowers of the past who tried to sound the alarm as safety and quality slipped.
Netflix’s “Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing,” from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy, focuses on Boeing employees who raised concerns about what they described as declining standards inside the company.
“Freefall” centers in part on John Barnett, a former Boeing quality manager who became a prominent whistleblower. Barnett died by suicide in 2024 while involved in a legal case against Boeing.
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As Boeing ramps up production and tries to prove its troubled past is behind it, a new documentary is reopening questions about the whistleblowers of the past who tried to sound the alarm as safety and quality slipped.
Netflix’s “Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing,” from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy, focuses on Boeing employees who raised concerns about what they described as declining standards inside the company.
“Freefall” centers in part on John Barnett, a former Boeing quality manager who became a prominent whistleblower. Barnett died by suicide in 2024 while involved in a legal case against Boeing.
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For more on the story: komonews.com/news/local/new-netflix-documentary-premier-revisits-boeing-whistleblower-claims-as-company-ramps-up-production-rory-kennedy-john-barnett
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