Airlines, regulators, and others are scouring their records to hunt down suspect components sold by AOG.
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.
That’s up to 68 affected jets. The engines are maybe $7m a pop. $467m of jet engines that need to be replaced. There are 1276 737-Max and 2939 A320neo jets produced.
Until they find the planes these were installed on, those planes are at risk of failure
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That’s a huge problem.
That’s up to 68 affected jets. The engines are maybe $7m a pop. $467m of jet engines that need to be replaced. There are 1276 737-Max and 2939 A320neo jets produced.
Until they find the planes these were installed on, those planes are at risk of failure
— 737 Max at risk of failure …again.
These are not the 737 Max. Per the article, these are older model planes.
Before: Fake taxi
Now: Fake aeroplanes