United Finds Fake Parts in Engines, Supplier Scandal Grows

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

United Airlines discovered dubious parts in two aircraft engines, adding to the list of carriers worldwide that have found bogus components from supplier AOG Technics.

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#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2023-09-19 01:40 PM | Reply

I feel like something not good is coming, particularly in regard to aviation.

#2 | Posted by sentinel at 2023-09-19 03:27 PM | Reply

Yay capitalism!

This is the type of thing righties want to become more prevalent whenever they talk about regulation reduction.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2023-09-19 03:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 7

Knowing how it is to supply the makers and the hoops one must jump through... How does this happen? I really don't understand. I guess forged paper work was accepted? Someone's head needs to roll on this one.

#4 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2023-09-19 04:25 PM | Reply

Like I've said taking your child aboard an airplane is abused.

#5 | Posted by Tor at 2023-09-19 07:45 PM | Reply

@#3 ... This is the type of thing righties want to become more prevalent whenever they talk about regulation reduction. ...

Who needs regulations?

We should just let the industries self-regulate.

I mean those industries won't kill off their customers, right?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-09-19 08:08 PM | Reply

All United has to do is crash 2 or 3 planes killing hundreds. Then folks will know not to fly with them. The invisible hand of the free market at work!

#7 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2023-09-20 08:29 AM | Reply

This is a major problem for GE Aerospace, which is the world-side leader in jet engines for military and commercial use. This portion of GE has been deemed the most viable and profitable as part of the GE breakup, and to have their parts questioned is big, big, big. All of these parts are easily traceable, and someone is going to be lined up against a wall and shot...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2023-09-20 09:16 AM | Reply

Who owns AOG Technics? A Google search says they're closed permanently and were based in London.

Seems this is getting...interesting. I can't read this because it's pay walled, but...

www.bloomberg.com

I wonder if this is an intentional attempt at sabotage. Russia? China?

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2023-09-20 09:51 AM | Reply

No fake Kryptonite in this thread. Only the real McCoy, keeping the anti-regulation Capitalists at bay.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-09-20 10:17 AM | Reply

Like I've been saying those who have blind faith in airplanes are child abusers.

#11 | Posted by Tor at 2023-09-20 07:30 PM | Reply

Another reason to add to my list why I hate to fly. My event horizon is fast approaching when I no longer have to fly for work. Can't wait for September 2024.

#12 | Posted by keystone at 2023-09-20 09:00 PM | Reply

Like I've been saying those who have blind faith in airplanes are child abusers.
#11 | POSTED BY TOR

?? Not a fan of government regulations and oversight?

Another reason to add to my list why I hate to fly. My event horizon is fast approaching when I no longer have to fly for work. Can't wait for September 2024/i>

I love flying, my own plane.

No fake Kryptonite in this thread. Only the real McCoy, keeping the anti-regulation Capitalists at bay.

Got nothing to do with capitalism, even in a government controlled industry even people will commit fraud.

I might add, just because they are "fake" doesn't mean they won't work, just not certified. In GA there is Experimental, and Certified, same part extremely different costs, just because its not "certified" by the FAA. Doesn't mean the part doesn't work or is unsafe. Just means it went through "testing".

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2023-09-20 09:34 PM | Reply

"I might add, just because they are "fake" doesn't mean they won't work, just not certified. In GA there is Experimental, and Certified, same part extremely different costs, just because its not "certified" by the FAA. Doesn't mean the part doesn't work or is unsafe. Just means it went through "testing"."

Sounds a lot like the Covid vaccines.

#14 | Posted by sentinel at 2023-09-20 09:41 PM | Reply

Got nothing to do with capitalism

LOL nice No True Scotsman fallacy.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2023-09-21 08:49 AM | Reply

Doesn't mean the part doesn't work or is unsafe. Just means it went through "testing"."

Why the quotes around testing?

Sounds a lot like the Covid vaccines.

#14 | POSTED BY SENTINEL

Two internet randos acting like they're equipped to be super critical of it?

Yes. Just like the COVID vaccines.

#16 | Posted by jpw at 2023-09-21 08:51 AM | Reply

I mean those industries won't kill off their customers, right?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-09-19 08:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

The Ford Pinto proved that assertion wrong.

When Ford engineers exposed the design flaw to management and had the proposed fix, management chose to not recall and fix the cars because the estimate of the cost to Ford of paying off people whose loved ones BURNED TO DEATH was cheaper than recalling and fixing the cars.

That right there is the single biggest failure of capitalism.

#17 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-09-21 10:43 AM | Reply

"That right there is the single biggest failure of capitalism."

That's the essence of Capitalism. Profits over people.

See: United States was built on slave labor.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-09-21 11:04 AM | Reply