DOJ Joins Probe of Fake-Parts Scandal Gripping Aviation Industry
- Justice Department investigators start contacting airlines
- Authorities sharing information on parts from London supplier
Workers tends to the engine of an aircraft in Alice Springs, Australia.
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The US Justice Department has joined a group of international agencies investigating how thousands of bogus engine parts backed by forged documents ended up in planes around the world, according to people familiar with the matter, as fallout grows over a scandal that has spread across the commercial aviation industry.
The DOJ has sought information from at least one airline that removed unapproved parts linked to AOG Technics Ltd., according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.