<story><title>Delta finds fake jet aircraft engine parts with forged airworthiness documents</title><url>https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/delta-fourth-major-us-airline-fake-jet-aircraft-engine-parts-forged-airworthiness-documents-uk-company-aog/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yellow_lead</author><text>&amp;gt; Delta would not say if the engines with the fraudulently documented parts had been on planes while they were in service.&lt;p&gt;If they weren&amp;#x27;t, Delta would say so, since it makes them look better. That they won&amp;#x27;t say means the parts were used in service.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; None of Delta’s aircraft are currently flying with unapproved parts, and the discovery hasn’t affected flight operations&lt;p&gt;How do they know? Even these fake parts were not detected by Delta but &amp;quot;were detected during engine work by an unnamed third party.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dspillett</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; If they weren&amp;#x27;t, Delta would say so, since it makes them look better. That they won&amp;#x27;t say means the parts were used in service.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I tend to take that sort of cynical view too, though there is a more generous explanation that could be¹ possible: they haven&amp;#x27;t absolutely finished checking yet, and don&amp;#x27;t want to say something that they later need to correct. That could look worse than being vague to start with.&lt;p&gt;--&lt;p&gt;[1] caveat: I know little of their parts tracking systems, I don&amp;#x27;t know how likely it is that a more definitive answer cannot be given that quickly.</text></comment>
<story><title>Delta finds fake jet aircraft engine parts with forged airworthiness documents</title><url>https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/delta-fourth-major-us-airline-fake-jet-aircraft-engine-parts-forged-airworthiness-documents-uk-company-aog/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yellow_lead</author><text>&amp;gt; Delta would not say if the engines with the fraudulently documented parts had been on planes while they were in service.&lt;p&gt;If they weren&amp;#x27;t, Delta would say so, since it makes them look better. That they won&amp;#x27;t say means the parts were used in service.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; None of Delta’s aircraft are currently flying with unapproved parts, and the discovery hasn’t affected flight operations&lt;p&gt;How do they know? Even these fake parts were not detected by Delta but &amp;quot;were detected during engine work by an unnamed third party.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tjoff</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;That they won&amp;#x27;t say means the parts were used in service.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or they don&amp;#x27;t know.</text></comment>