FAA ISSUES WARNING FOR FAKE CFM ENGINE PARTS
October 4, 2023
The FAA issued an alert warning that unapproved parts might be installed in certain General Electric (GE.N) model CF6 jet engines, telling owners to inspect planes or inventories for the parts. The FAA says UK-based AOG Technics sold bushings for GE.N Model CF6 engines without having FAA approval. About 96 engines total are suspected to contain parts with forged documentation, CFM said. The CF6 is used mainly to power cargo planes, including the vast majority of Boeing 767 freighters, as well as the KC-767 tanker operated by Italy and Japan. American Airlines has become the latest major airline to discover engine parts on its aircraft potentially linked to those with falsified documentation. Several days later, Virgin Australia announced that it had grounded two of its Boeing 737s due to finding fraudulent parts. United Airlines also announced that it had found faulty parts on two of its aircraft.
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