Boeing and Airbus are under investigation for using counterfeit titanium in their airplanes.
BREAKING: Boeing and Airbus may have used counterfeit titanium in their planes that was sold using fake documents, according to evidence from a supplier that triggered an FAA investigation. https://t.co/V0dqfoN3pC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 14, 2024
Boeing and Airbus revealed that some titanium parts used in their aircraft had falsified documentation, although stressed there were no safety concerns. https://t.co/Jnxm2K9pwF
— KRON4 News (@kron4news) June 15, 2024
The madness just continues. It’s one incident and scandal after another. The West’s aerospace industry is obviously in massive decline. The types of problems we are seeing now did not exist decades ago.
It’s also very possible that they are being forced to source counterfeit titanium because of the sanctions that have been put on Russia.
Because of the sanctions, US companies Boeing and Airbus are forced to stop buying titanium from Russia.
But now they are dealing with counterfeit supplies that come with fake certificates and lower quality.
The US authorities are now looking into how big this issue is and what… pic.twitter.com/cTESxIu0dh— Richard (@ricwe123) June 15, 2024
