Thousands Of 'Bogus' Jet-Engine Parts Sold To Global Airline Fleets: Report (9)
Stinky Blob, being stupid about a real threat to tens of thousands of lives. That is some dimb crap.
DLMac: Stinky Blob, being stupid about a real threat to tens of thousands of lives. That is some dimb crap.
"Industry sources said the majority of spare parts sold by distributors like AOG involve small items that are not made by the engine makers themselves and are not considered critical."Source:-
Drama Queen.
Have you wheeled yourself off to bed already?
Stinky Blob
No way!
MysteriousGirl80: No way!
I would not fly.
I wonder if the O-Rings on the Challenger would have been considered "critical" prior to it's last flight?
phatdrummer650: I wonder if the O-Rings on the Challenger would have been considered "critical" prior to it's last flight?
Rumor is Reagan over rid the Oring issue.We’re seeing more and more science overruled by politics – in climate change, in clean energy, in high-speed rail.
But that’s a formula for disaster – like the Challenger disaster that took the lives of seven astronauts and irretrievably damaged the American space program. Given that it was recently the anniversary of that tragedy, it’s worth recalling how the disaster happened.
It was going to be cold that morning — too cold for the o-rings on the fuel tanks to seal properly. That’s what the engineers told management — over, and over. But the engineers didn’t have the final say. There was pressure from upper management to make sure Challenger went up that day (it might have had something to do with NASA brass wanting to give Ronald Reagan a talking point in his State of the Union speech, scheduled later the same day).
When one of the engineers went home the night before, he told his wife, “I think they are going to kill those astronauts tomorrow.”
And so Challenger launched. And exploded in flight.
The next time you hear someone saying the science on climate change “hasn’t been proved definitively,” recall the words of the engineer who was pushed into giving the go-ahead:
The VP of engineering was pressured to change his mind and “Take off his engineering hat, and put on his management hat.” He then told NASA that “The data predicting blow-by (of super-hot gases) was inconclusive.” NASA heard silence on the phone after that, which was interpreted by them to be a go ahead to launch.
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Lawyers representing jet engine maker CFM International and its co-owners General Electric and Safran said "documentary evidence" shows thousands of jet engine parts with falsified documents were sold to global aircraft fleets by London-based AOG Technics, according to Bloomberg.
On Wednesday, in a London court, lawyers for CFM requested the judge force AOG to hand over documentation of "every product sale" since the company was set up in 2015.
Since late August, AOG has been at the center of a counterfeit components controversy, supplying third-party repair shops with "unapproved parts" for CFM56 engines used on older Airbus SE A320s and Boeing Co. 737s.
"The apparent large-scale falsification of documentation uncovered by the claimants gives rise to the risk that evidence relevant to these proceedings will be destroyed by the defendants," lawyers for CFM wrote in a court filing.
CFM lawyers noted there is documentary evidence that thousands of these jet engine parts were flooded into global aircraft fleets over the years.
Matthew Reeve, a CFM lawyer, said 86 "falsified release certificates" have been found, and the number of engines suspected to have parts with falsified documents has jumped to 96.
"Potentially, that means between 48 and 96 aircraft being taken out of service whilst airlines arrange for the parts to be removed," Reeve added.
According to aviation news website Simple Flying, "United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Virgin Airlines have all discovered faulty engine parts supplied by fraudulent manufacturer AOG Technics."
CFM warned the court: "The apparent large-scale falsification of documentation uncovered by the claimants gives rise to the risk that evidence relevant to these proceedings will be destroyed by the defendants."
Although the findings affect only a tiny portion of the 23,000 CFM56 engines in operation, the presence of unauthorized parts in such a tightly regulated aviation industry raises significant alarms.