(WJET/WFXP) — Joshua Dean, formerly an auditor at Spirit Aerosystems and whistleblower who alleged Spirit had failed to address defects along the Boeing 737 production line, has died Tuesday after a two-week fight with an infection. He was 45 years old.
According to a Facebook post from his mother, he was hospitalized with Influenza B and MRSA that went into pneumonia. His condition quickly deteriorated and he was transferred to a hospital in Oklahoma City.
There he was put on an ECMO machine which pumps blood outside the body and circulates oxygenated blood, taking over…
