southcoast68 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Well this is a fine dowdy-do; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155293 Scary! Do you suppose the cartel folks are branching out to new products , jk . Seriously, this is a bad problem, and I wonder who going to point fingers at whom. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 This has been going on for several years. in fact there wasa news program a few years back about the danger of using counterfeit parts in Jet engines. Some of the parts were related to turbine fan blades and assemblies. Could you imagine what would happen if a jetliner cruising at 38000 feet suddenly had a turbine disintigrate ? Scary thought. the problem is the parts are being bought from supposed well established parts suppliers. it was never announced how they got into the system, but some thought it was happening at private repair facilities, some of which are overseas. Quite a lot of the major airlines outsource repair work to other countries. Everyone is trying to save a buck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well China is still a communist country, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't lose any sleep over US military equipment failure. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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