Counterfeit Chinese Titanium Discovered In Some Boeing Jets, Per FAA

[PatMiles]

Counterfeit Chinese Titanium Discovered In Some Boeing Jets, Per FAA | The Gateway Pundit | by Anthony Scott

On Friday, the Financial Times reported that Boeing acknowledged some parts of their jets contain counterfeit titanium from China.

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On Friday, the Financial Times reported that Boeing acknowledged some parts of their jets contain counterfeit titanium from China.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that Boeing had told officials they had received titanium parts containing counterfeit documentation.
Boeing bought the counterfeit components from Kansas-based aerostructure manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems.
In the past, Spirit AeroSystems has had problems with quality issues.
The Financial Times reported Spirit AeroSystems received the titanium from China, where its documentation was reportedly falsified.
The FAA said in a statement, “Once we realized the counterfeit titanium made its way into the supply chain, we immediately contained all suspected parts to determine the scope of the issues.”

Boeing and Airbus planes were constructed with ‘fake’ Chinese titanium that could cause their jets to break apart in mid-air, FAA fears https://t.co/3M2oK1tjda pic.twitter.com/6ndmFYsbI1
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) June 14, 2024

Per The Daily Mail:

Airliners manufactured by Boeing and Airbus have components made from titanium that was sold with fake documentation.
The Federal Aviation Administration revealed the problem after Boeing reported it to the agency when it was notified by parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems.
Spirit is the same company that made the door on the 737 Max plane that suffered a door blowout on January 5 and began Boeing’s recent spate of problems.
The FAA said it was ‘investigating the scope and impact of the issue’ and how it could affect the safety of the unknown number of planes using the parts.

In recent months, Boeing has struggled with dozens of quality issues.
As recently as last week, flames were seen sparking from an Air Canada Boeing jet shortly after takeoff.

 

[BoilerUP]

Really too bad the clickbait headline and copy couldn't be bothered to mention Airbus also had jets impacted by this...

 

[lonegunman762x51]

Sorry retards, when a brake fails on a 4 year old plane, it is SHITTY maintenance. When a GE engine fails it's a GE problem or shitty maintenance.

When you fly into bad weather? Pilot error.

When you run off the taxi way, pilot error.

When you fail to set the brakes and wind blows the planes away, pilot error.

Panel blows off because it had no fasteners? SHITTY maintenance.

Joe Fucking Biden or even Bill Fucking Clinton killed another American industry and forced your company to trust evil, crooked, fucking Chinks is a democrat problem.

Lazy, dope smoking union workers that the fucking government won't let you fire for any reason, thank a fucking democrat.

Boeing is trying to fight thru the problems of socialism and leftist corruption.

 

[BoilerUP]

Boeing is trying to fight thru the problems of socialism and leftist corruption.

Their biggest issue has been favoring accountants over engineers and SMEs.

 

[Jgault]

While it’s not a good thing I’m allot more concerned with them designing auto pilot systems that fly the plane into the ground without telling the pilots the system exists or how to disable it. Not to mention the QC issues with hatches flying off because someone was to lazy to go get the right threaded bolt.

 

[lonegunman762x51]

There is an awesome video of an Airbus overriding the pilots inputs and landing in a forest because the computer disagreed on the location of the runway. I'll never understand why idiots trust computers.

Computers are programmed by idiots.

 

[7.62willdo]

Counterfeit Chinese Titanium Discovered In Some Boeing Jets, Per FAA | The Gateway Pundit | by Anthony Scott

On Friday, the Financial Times reported that Boeing acknowledged some parts of their jets contain counterfeit titanium from China.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

On Friday, the Financial Times reported that Boeing acknowledged some parts of their jets contain counterfeit titanium from China.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that Boeing had told officials they had received titanium parts containing counterfeit documentation.
Boeing bought the counterfeit components from Kansas-based aerostructure manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems.
In the past, Spirit AeroSystems has had problems with quality issues.
The Financial Times reported Spirit AeroSystems received the titanium from China, where its documentation was reportedly falsified.
The FAA said in a statement, “Once we realized the counterfeit titanium made its way into the supply chain, we immediately contained all suspected parts to determine the scope of the issues.”

Per The Daily Mail:

In recent months, Boeing has struggled with dozens of quality issues.
As recently as last week, flames were seen sparking from an Air Canada Boeing jet shortly after takeoff.

Boeing doesn’t make the engines and they’re certainly not responsible for idiot Canadian mechanics working on those engines

 

[_Windrider_]

Really too bad the clickbait headline and copy couldn't be bothered to mention Airbus also had jets impacted by this...

Was just coming in here to say the same thing.

 

[UKDslayer]

Counterfeit Chinese Titanium Discovered In Some Boeing Jets, Per FAA | The Gateway Pundit | by Anthony Scott

On Friday, the Financial Times reported that Boeing acknowledged some parts of their jets contain counterfeit titanium from China.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

On Friday, the Financial Times reported that Boeing acknowledged some parts of their jets contain counterfeit titanium from China.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that Boeing had told officials they had received titanium parts containing counterfeit documentation.
Boeing bought the counterfeit components from Kansas-based aerostructure manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems.
In the past, Spirit AeroSystems has had problems with quality issues.
The Financial Times reported Spirit AeroSystems received the titanium from China, where its documentation was reportedly falsified.
The FAA said in a statement, “Once we realized the counterfeit titanium made its way into the supply chain, we immediately contained all suspected parts to determine the scope of the issues.”

Pay attention at 1:45; supposedly all counterfeit titanium has been removed, at least from the production line. Doesn't specify if counterfeit titanium has been removed from planes.

 

[Mr.BR]

The issue appears to date to 2019 when a Turkish material supplier, Turkish Aerospace Industries, purchased a batch of titanium from a supplier in China, according to the people familiar with the issue. The Turkish company then sold that titanium to several companies that make aircraft parts, and those parts made their way to Spirit, which used them in Boeing and Airbus planes.

In December 2023, an Italian company that bought the titanium from Turkish Aerospace Industries noticed that the material looked different from what the company typically received. The company, Titanium International Group, also found that the certificates that came with the titanium seemed inauthentic.

Turkish Aerospace Industries did not respond to a request for a comment.
Spirit began investigating the matter, and the company notified Boeing and Airbus in January that it could not verify the source of the titanium used to make certain parts. Titanium International Group told Spirit that when it bought the material in 2019, it had no clue that the paperwork had been forged, according to Spirit officials.
Francesca Conti, a general manager for Titanium International Group, said that the episode was under investigation and that she could not provide additional details. “We are cooperating with relevant authorities to address any issue eventually identified,” she said in an email.
The documents in question are known as certificates of conformity. They serve somewhat as a birth certificate for the titanium, detailing its quality, how it was made and where it came from, Spirit officials said.
People familiar with the situation said it appeared that an employee at the Chinese company that sold the titanium had forged the details on the certificates, writing that the material came from another Chinese company, Baoji Titanium Industry, a firm that often supplies verified titanium. Baoji Titanium later confirmed that it had not supplied the titanium. The origin of the titanium remains unclear.

 

[Mr.BR]

Really too bad the clickbait headline and copy couldn't be bothered to mention Airbus also had jets impacted by this...

Parts made at Spirit Aero Systems

 

[isofahunter]

Financial Engineering vs Aeronautical, Mechanical, Electric and Structural Engineering. Money always wins in the short term, to the detriment of the long term.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Because ‘planes and shit!’

Sirhr

 

[Franko]

There is an awesome video of an Airbus overriding the pilots inputs and landing in a forest because the computer disagreed on the location of the runway. I'll never understand why idiots trust computers.

Computers are programmed by idiots.

Sir I beg to differ; computers are programmed by armies of idiots all building off of the work of previous idiots and the occasional madman, managed by MBA's who know fuck all about anything other than that if they can get the work done cheaper it automatically better. And every year the tower of Babel is built higher.

 

[JoshPutman]

There's a saying I remember from back in the 80's regarding computer programming.

"Garbage in, garbage out."

Computers are only as smart as the person programming them.

 

[_Windrider_]

There is an awesome video of an Airbus overriding the pilots inputs and landing in a forest because the computer disagreed on the location of the runway. I'll never understand why idiots trust computers.

Computers are programmed by idiots.

The video you’re referring to is nothing what you are saying that video as when the airbus 320 was first introduced at the Paris airshow the pilots did not understand the stall protection system, and actually stalled the aircraft. Airbus claims that the aircraft could never be stalled. that is incorrect, in alternate law The aircraft can most definitely be stalled so what we saw was not an aircraft trying to land but an aircraft trying to recover from a pilot induced stal. it’s basically the same premise of the system that Boeing used on the 737 max the MCAS supposed to prevent the aircraft from ever stalling.

 

[Green461]

What is counterfeit titanium? It either is or isnt titanium. Titanium is an element, so what is this chinesium alloy I wonder?

 

[_Windrider_]

What is counterfeit titanium? It either is or isnt titanium. Titanium is an element, so what is this chinesium alloy I wonder?

Counterfeit in its origin and quality. We do not use Chinese alloys for a reason.

 

[375fan]

Cheap Chinese parts (poor quality , normal)and bad computer programming, why is anyone surprised when things go bad?

 

[MadDuner]

Cheap Chinese parts (poor quality , normal)and bad computer programming, why is anyone surprised when things go bad?

I’m sure it will all be cleared up and fixed as soon as DEI is properly intrenched into the QA program.

 

[dttheliman]

A chinook splashed in the North Sea for Similar reasons back in the early eighties , couple survivors , everyone else on board died , massive failure rotors collided and then hit the fuselage , total shitshow