F.A.A. Investigating How Counterfeit Titanium Got Into Boeing and Airbus Jets

Friday, June 14, 2024

The material, which was purchased from a little-known Chinese company, was sold with falsified documents and used in parts that went into jets from both manufacturers.

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At the bottom of this will be some Republican.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2024-06-14 02:33 PM | Reply

At the bottom of this will be the decision to have Bean Counters, not Engineers, run Boeing.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-06-14 05:04 PM | Reply

Capitalism.

Full stop.

#3 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-14 05:05 PM | Reply

At the bottom of this will be some capitalist.

#1 | POSTED BY ZED AT

Fixed.

And it's a capitalist who lives off of public money.

Just like all of the rest of them.

#4 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-14 05:06 PM | Reply

Counterfeit Titanium?

Capitalism Breeds Innovation!

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-06-14 05:10 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Human nature, #5.

Capitalism is human nature.

Ask any capitalist who doesn't own any capital, they'll tell you.

#6 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-14 05:42 PM | Reply

Isn't it weird how long humans occupied the planet before human nature kicked in???

#7 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-14 05:45 PM | Reply

I'm really looking forward to some big brain takes on this thread.

I can't wait for:

"If money bad then why you money???"

That's one of my favorites.

#8 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-14 05:49 PM | Reply

China? Shocked!

Reminds me of when some enterprising individuals cut melamine into watered-down milk, leading to udderly (hah!) amusing results once the milk got into baby formula."300,000 affected children were identified, among which 54,000 were hospitalized, according to the latest report in January 2009. The deaths of six babies were officially concluded to be related to the contaminated milk." en.wikipedia.org "Ten years after China's infant milk tragedy, parents still won't trust their babies to local formula" qz.com

#9 | Posted by censored at 2024-06-14 06:37 PM | Reply

China? Shocked!

#9 | POSTED BY CENSORED

Man...

Why would a company in the US take US tax dollars and then have the parts made in this whole 'nother county?

Lemme guess:

"Well that's just human nature..."

#10 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-14 06:48 PM | Reply

Isn't it weird how long humans occupied the planet before human nature kicked in???
#7 | POSTED BY TRES_FLECHAS

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#11 | Posted by brerrabbit at 2024-06-14 07:45 PM | Reply

I remember sixty minutes doing an expose of Chinese made parts being used in airliners decades ago. Even used the same packaging and brand names as reputable parts but sold cheaper.

#12 | Posted by northguy3 at 2024-06-14 08:06 PM | Reply

Basically unless you buy parts from the manufacturer, you're depending on the competence and integrity of the wholesaler.

#13 | Posted by northguy3 at 2024-06-14 08:08 PM | Reply

There's another story about the shortage of Titanium (almost non-existent) in the United States during the time the SR-71 Blackbird was being built.

Apparently, the huge volume of Titanium needed for the SR-71 only came from Russia thus making it unavailable to the United States.

Innovative to the core, the engineers came up with a secret plan to buy Russian Titanium, in small quantities, from a number of countries around the world who were friendly with Russia.

And that's how the SR-71 Blackbird got her skin and suckered Russia to help build it.

#14 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-06-15 04:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

And that's how the SR-71 Blackbird got her skin and suckered Russia to help build it.

#14 | Posted by Twinpac

I watched one land and then taxi on the tarmac at Kadena AFB in Okinawa. What an aircraft!

Here's a funny story from a former SR-71 pilot:

Major Brian Shul, USAF (Ret.) SR-71 Blackbird 'Speed Check'

youtu.be

#15 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-06-16 11:57 AM | Reply