Supplier caught distributing fake parts for world’s top-selling jet engine

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44 points·quakeguy··5 comments

Fake seems like a misnomer. Improperly documented or unauthorized would be better.

The form they're accused of forging can be found on page 86 of [0]. It basically just requires an authorized person to check a box that the item is in spec.

[0] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...

"For each part obtained, please contact the approved organisation identified on the ARC to verify the origin of the certificate."

So yes, it appears that the issue is unreliable certification.

Sounds like the organizations that AOG Technics claims are the OEMs [1] rather than repair shops. So that does point to the parts being fake.

[1]: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/SafetyNotice2023004.pdf

I guess most people forget the Ducommun scandal where dubious parts of unknown quality were shoved into 737 NG's on the assembly line. Numerous layers of the federal government, the parts on the side of the "strategic" interests and the MIC, came along and gaslit workers who knew better. The second link is a shining example of the revolving door. The 737 MAX lawsuit (1:19-CV-02170) was a travesty, a miscarriage, and purposeful deceit to rob individual victims' families of justice. Ralph Nader's niece's death was also swept up into that legal theater.

https://www.kansas.com/news/business/aviation/article2620683...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darleen_Druyun

https://dockets.justia.com/docket/illinois/ilndce/1:2019cv02...

Here's the link to the EASA note on this: https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/domains/aircraft-products/susp...

It seems like they're caught providing fake documents from one of their suppliers

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