GE Tells Judge UK Firm Sold Thousands of Bogus Jet-Engine Parts
- Consortium of manufacturers seek product documents from AOG
- London judge orders spare-parts firm to hand over information
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General Electric Co. and Safran SA said thousands of jet-engine parts with falsified documents were sold to global aircraft fleets at the hands of a UK supplier, potentially wreaking havoc among airlines now racing to identify the components on their jets.
The allegations came Wednesday at a London court after the companies — who are partners in the CFM International engine consortium — had asked a London judge to force AOG Technics Ltd. to hand over documents relating to “every single sale of products.” A London judge ordered the little-known spare parts firm that’s at the heart of a bogus components scandal to hand over the paperwork.