re: Fake Jet Engine Parts Ground American, Southwest, United Planes as Scandal Grows

Why am I not surprised! With our president, he's probably working on a large payoff to give to the forgers so they will make all this bad publicity go away!

Metallurgy by guys wearing flip flops and bathing suits doing their best to make cast parts look like forged ones, or machined one etc…

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Everything dealing with a plane is logged. Every single minute of maintenance and parts are put into that plane's logbook down to the last bolt. Without the certification, there is no telling if they are real or where they originated from. Huge no-no.

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Everyone chooses where they want big government control, this is my hill

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I wonder if counterfeit turbine parts are marked with those ridiculous Chinese branding names we see on rather generic Amazon products. Like Xoomycompresoryumyum or Aerplaynfuntimego for example.

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Rols Roiyce

It’s like ordering a 4 wheeler carb off Amazon vs having a deal replace with OEM parts. It may work fine but your chances of getting a lemon that leaves you stranded in the woods increases significantly.

Many components on an aircraft are life limited parts and are accompanied with a historical (hard) card and a serviceability tag. These can be limited by calendar, hours and cycles as determined by the manufacturer. When these parts reach their limits, they are removed, inspected, overhauled or retired from service until the required maintenance to determine continued service is performed. When retired, entries are made on the custody card and the affected part(s) are destroyed.
Also, another issue is military parts that find their way into the civil side of aviation. There are exceptions to their use, but many operators will not accept these parts on their equipment.
The problem arises when some of these parts are not manufactured by the strict requirements of the manufacturer or parts that should have been inspected, overhauled or retired have found their way back in service with falsified documents and no required maintenance performed.
It's been an issue for a long time and despite operators vigilance, it still happens.

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Why are the parts being called fake if it is just the certification? The parts themselves are probably fine

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Why hello Mr AOG Technics CEO!

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The parts themselves are probably fine That’s not what you want to rely on when you’re cruising at 35,000 feet doing 600 MPH.

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Yea I’m the first to hate unnecessary regulation but airplane parts are something that quality needs to be ensured

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If the parts are fine, why were they forging certification documents?

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Certs are expensive and come with a lot of red tape to get them. It is possible that the parts are quality, but no one in their right mind should deliberately use them on a fricking jet engine.