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Flyers Beware, you could fall right out of the sky. Fake spare parts were supplied to fix top-selling jet engines

submitted by bossman131 to random 1.7 yearsSep 10, 2023 16:14:17 ago (+10/-0)     (archive.ph)

https://archive.ph/MaIqG

It's unclear how many fake parts may have been installed or how many aircraft might be affected. The CFM56, the world's best-selling jet engine, is installed on thousands of narrow-body planes that are a staple of the global fleet.


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[ - ] lord_nougat 8 points 1.7 yearsSep 10, 2023 16:21:17 ago (+8/-0)

This has been an issue fir years ow, and there is no end in sight.

Thankfully, the government is protecting us by making air travel intolerably horrible so that we avoid it en masse.

[ - ] shitface9000 1 point 1.7 yearsSep 10, 2023 18:23:36 ago (+1/-0)

this maybe why united grounded all their flights recently

[ - ] Tallest_Skil 1 point 1.7 yearsSep 10, 2023 16:20:52 ago (+2/-1)

Good. Destroy what’s left of the pretense of an operating civilization.

[ - ] prototype 2 points 1.7 yearsSep 10, 2023 18:57:20 ago (+2/-0)

pretenses are the only thing holding up the flaming bag of shit we call civilization.

at least in mad max its legal to cut your enemies heads off and light them on fire.

[ - ] ilikeskittles 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 11, 2023 09:47:16 ago (+0/-0)

Yeah? And who makes these parts?

[ - ] Spaceman84 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 10, 2023 20:44:13 ago (+0/-0)

Nice. I don’t care as long as they don’t fall on me.