Unless one falls on my house ...
Posted on 10/05/2023 1:30:13 AM PDT by Libloather
The aviation industry has been rocked by reports thousands of jet-engine parts with fraudulent safety certificates have been installed onto passenger planes.
Major airlines including American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines have pulled jets from their fleets as investigations into the potentially catastrophic faults are ongoing.
The scandal has zeroed in on a dubious airplane parts supplier named AOG Technics, which allegedly mass-produced fake safety certificates in order to sell its engine parts to airlines.
AOG Technics has also faced allegations it faked employees and was using stock photographs for fictitious staffers on LinkedIn, according to Bloomberg. Attempts to contact the company were unsuccessful.
With parts from the problematic company so far found in 126 engines across several airlines, questions are being raised over the effectiveness of the aviation industry's safety oversight measures.
Airline parts are supposed to undergo stringent safety tests to ensure they are 'airworthy', with each part coming with a certificate that can be used to trace the component's origins and inspection records.
But the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as investigators in Europe, have alleged that AOG Technics forged its documentation, an issue with potentially disastrous consequences in the event of a faulty part.
The most affected engine model was found to be a CFM56, which alarmingly holds the record for most engines ever sold to airlines at over 33,900.
It is currently installed in numerous jets across the world, most notably Boeing's predecessor to the 737 MAX and the initial version of the Airbus A320.
Both jets are extremely common in flights across the world each day.
The affected engine parts vary from small components such as screws and bolts to units vital for the propulsion of a jet, such as turbine blades.
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Unless one falls on my house ...
Someone faked the actual turbine blades?
One must question the FAA affirmative action quota leadership and investigator hiring practices as well.
Fake employees and fake certificates certifying quality of engine parts from nuts and bolts to turbine blades in 33,000 engines.
###mass-produced fake safety certificates###
These guys may have a promising future in today’s thriving Mail in Ballot printing industry.
Don’t aircraft manufacturers audit their suppliers? The parts should not have been accepted without the safety certificates, right?
The accusation is that the unauthorized manufacturer created fake security certificates.
No one should be surprised here. It's just like the CDC and FDA "overseeing" the Jim Jones Jab from Pfizer and ModeRNA.
The parts were sold to jet engine maintenance organizations, not to the manufacturers.
After some number of hours of operation, airliners are sent to repair shops, often in developing countries, for routine teardown and replacement of worn parts.
>>More than 900 aircraft maintenance and repair stations have been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) outside of the United States. The number of these facilities has grown by more than 30% in the past four years. These foreign repair stations are located all around the globe including China (78 facilities), Singapore (54), Brazil (22), Thailand (6), Costa Rica (3), and El Salvador (2).
https://www.twu.org/current-issues/foreign-aircraft-maintenance/
Boeing and Airbus have maintenance and aircraft records systems that try to stem the use of questionable parts and maintenance crews. They even have introduced blockchain technologies to record these logs securely. Why? Because of this type of story. Airlines often seek financial relief from high parts and maintenance costs, but they sometimes, rarely, but sometimes, get ripped off.
Yikes!
Reason # 1,252 not to fly.
“The affected engine parts vary from small components such as screws and bolts to units vital for the propulsion of a jet, such as turbine blades.”
Pot metal.
“Don’t aircraft manufacturers audit their suppliers?”
Hard to do in China.
bkmk
That’s rough. F-18 is 25k Canadian for one. I wonder what these guys paid? heh
Yep. This self policing crap needs to go, which is what it is. When you fund the agency that you _expect_ to certify you, along with who knows how much bribery is going on, you’ve a massive conflict of interest.
Managers, execs mechanics, foremen, buyers, everyone knew about this.
I think this is an example of no one wanting to get involved, they just go with the flow and don’t rock the boat, just keep their head down and look out for themselves and their own little corner of life.
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