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Fake components went into 68 jet engines, including ones on Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 planes, says lawsuit (fortune.com)

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Fake components went into 68 jet engines, including ones on Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 planes, says lawsuit::Airlines, regulators, and others are scouring their records to hunt down suspect components sold by AOG.

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[-] ScoobyDoo27@lemm.ee 65 points 1 year ago

It won’t be hard to find the planes these parts are associated with. Aerospace is hardcore about traceability. It’s not like people flying need to be worrying about the plane they are on.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Unless they’re being operated by Russian carriers 😬

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