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Can’t Russia buy cheap Chinese knock off parts?

(AKA ‘fall off parts’)

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Interestingly, about planes and such, and not involving any sanctions....

Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight Fortune, 22 September 2023

https://fortune.com/europe/2023/09/22/why-so-many-flights-canceled-delayed-aog-technics-fake-parts-american-airlines/ The Drive, 25 september 2023

Fake Parts Found on Boeing, Airbus Jets Plague Airlines Bloomberg, 11 October 2023

Major airlines duped into using plane parts with phony inspection certificates in $3M scam NY Post, 6 October 2023

Fraud investigators have arrested a suspect in the fake engine parts scandal that impacted airlines like United and Delta Business Insider, 7 December 2023