00:00 Boeing's string of incidents keep getting longer.
00:03 On Monday, more than 50 people were injured on a flight from Sydney to Auckland
00:07 when the Boeing 737 MAX experienced technical problems.
00:11 The plane just dropped really suddenly out of the blue.
00:16 Everyone started screaming, crying.
00:19 People were launched out of their seats.
00:22 There was blood pouring from people's faces.
00:25 An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX was also involved in an incident in January
00:31 when one of its doors flew off mid-flight,
00:33 leading the US National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the incident.
00:37 But it faced resistance from Boeing in accessing information.
00:40 It then called for help from whistleblowers earlier this month.
00:43 In fact, I received a whistleblower report myself anonymously.
00:48 We received some information that I made sure our team has.
00:54 It also went to our team, so we do have a couple of ways.
00:58 The best way is for people to reach out to us at the website of witness@ntsb.gov.
01:04 Several days later, a whistleblower and former long-time employee of Boeing,
01:08 John Barnett, was found dead in a hotel in South Carolina
01:12 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
01:15 His lawyers said they didn't see any indication he would take his own life
01:19 and called for a thorough investigation.
01:22 The Federal Aviation Administration has undertaken a six-week audit on Boeing
01:26 and its supplier Spirit,
01:27 and the New York Times found they passed 56 audits and failed 33,
01:32 with 97 instances of alleged non-compliance.
01:35 Those include using a hotel key card to check a door seal
01:39 and dishwashing liquid as lubricant in the fit-up process.
01:42 Responding to the audit, Boeing said it will work with employees
01:46 found to have violated company manufacturing procedures
01:49 to ensure they understand proper instructions.
