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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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[โ€“] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

[โ€“] Dettweiler42@lemmyfly.org 13 points 1 year ago

They should not need to replace the entire engine, unless they are shop-level components. The airlines will have records for each part, and they should be able to narrow down what engines received specific parts from that manufacturer.

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