When a Twitter user told Elon Musk on Boeing whistleblowers: And what’s insane…. is all these whistleblowers keep ending up dead
In a social media exchange in May 2024, a Twitter user responded to a post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticizing Boeing’s management style. The user Gunther Eagleman @GuntherEagleman replied pointedly to the post saying: “Too many whistleblowers too.” Musk responded to the user in a joking tone: “How do they even get any work done with so many whistles being blown!?”. “I bet no more whistles, whistle,” the user further replied. But, the online conversation took a dark turn when another user followed up with: “And what’s insane… is all these whistleblowers keep ending up dead!!”While Musk did not publicly respond to this last comment, the thread has resurfaced after an Air India Dreamliner 787-8 aircraft crashed minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on June 12. The deadly crash killed 241 of 242 people onboard the London-bound flight.
In the original tweet, Musk highlighted Boeing’s $4.2 billion investment in the Starliner spacecraft, contrasting it with SpaceX’s (owned by Elon Musk) $2.6 billion for the Dragon 2, which completed four years earlier despite a near-complete redesign. He said: “Although Boeing got $4.2 billion to develop an astronaut capsule and SpaceX only got $2.6 billion, SpaceX finished 4 years sooner. Note, the crew capsule design of Dragon 2 has almost nothing in common with Dragon 1. Too many non‑technical managers at Boeing.”
Air India death toll rises to 279
The June 12 plane crash is being termed as one of the deadliest air disasters in decades. The total toll rose to 279 people killed, including 241 onboard the flight and 38 others on the ground. The lone survivor, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said even he could not explain how he survived. “Initially, I too thought that I was about to die, but then I opened my eyes and realised that I was still alive,” Ramesh told national broadcaster DD News from his hospital bed.Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed all Boeing Dreamliner 787/9 fleet of Air India equipped with Genx engines to undergo additional maintenance and safety checks with immediate effect in coordination with the concerned regional DGCA offices.
