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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] It has been confirmed that the government is conducting an investigation into local airlines in connection with internationally controversial fake aircraft engine parts.
Concerns over aviation safety have grown recently after a series of cases in which fake parts were distributed along with counterfeit certificates in major foreign countries such as Europe, the U.S. and Australia.
According to the industry on the 20th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently sent an official letter to airlines to confirm the authenticity of aircraft engine parts being used. The official letter reportedly calls for the company to reconfirm whether it has a history of purchasing parts from AOG Techics, which has recently been in question, and whether it has issued a certificate of the parts from the company that purchased the parts.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has launched an investigation because of the growing controversy over "fake parts of aircraft" in the airline industry. The European Aviation Safety Administration (EASA) said earlier that multiple aircraft engine repair parts certificates issued under the name of AOG Technics were found to have been forged.
According to foreign media, 72 CFM56 engine repair parts certificates and two CF6 engine accessories certificates were manipulated. Among them, the CFM56 engine is a model mounted on popular models such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. The engine manufacturer is CFM, which was established jointly by French company Saffron and GE Airlines of the United States, and GE Air is the CF6 engine manufacturer. AOG is not a formal supplier of GE Airlines.
A bigger problem is that fake parts were distributed along with forged accessory certificates and mounted on some aircraft. The British Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) has found that accessories with forged certificates have been mounted on some aircraft.
The use of fake parts in aircraft is being confirmed in each country. United Airlines, a major U.S. airline, announced on the 19th that it found fake parts in its aircraft engine.
There have been no reported cases of damage in the domestic airline industry so far.
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