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Aviation is great because the industry learns so much after incidents and accidents. There is a culture of trying to improve, rather than merely seeking culprit
by nextos 3y ago
Aviation is great because the industry learns so much after incidents and accidents. There is a culture of trying to improve, rather than merely seeking culprits.
However, I have been told by an insider that supply chain integrity is an underappreciated issue. Someone has been caught selling fake plane parts through an elaborate scheme, and there are other suspicious suppliers, which is a bit unsettling:
"Safran confirmed the fraudulent documentation, launching an investigation that found thousands of parts across at least 126 CFM56 engines were sold without a legitimate airworthiness certificate."
https://www.businessinsider.com/scammer-fooled-us-airlines-by-selling-fake-engine-parts-filings-2023-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/scammer-fooled-us-airlines-b...
- EdwardDiego 3y agoAdmiral Cloudberg has covered a case where counterfeit or EOL-but-with-new-paperworks components were involved in a crash. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/riven-by-deceit-the-crash-of-partnair-flight-394-f8a752f663f8 https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/riven-by-deceit-the-cras...
- inglor_cz 3y agoI suspect this is precisely what is happening in Russian civil aviation now. No legit parts supplied, so there will be a lot of fake/problematic parts imported through black channels.