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The aviation industry has been rocked by reports thousands of jet-engine parts with fraudulent safety certificates have been installed onto passenger planes. Major airlines including American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines have pulled jets from their fleets as investigations into the potentially catastrophic faults are ongoing. The scandal has zeroed in on a dubious airplane parts supplier named AOG Technics, which allegedly mass-produced fake safety certificates in order to sell its engine parts to airlines. AOG Technics has also faced allegations it faked employees and was using stock photographs for fictitious staffers on LinkedIn, according to Bloomberg. Attempts to contact the company were unsuccessful. With parts from the problematic company so far found in 126 engines across several airlines, questions are being raised over the effectiveness of the aviation industry's safety oversight measures.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the company serves as a middleman in the aviation industry by acquiring parts before selling them to maintenance and repair shops.
The WSJ reported that it visited the company's listed address in London, near Buckingham Palace, where reception and security staff said they had not heard of the company. A representative for the building that leases the spaces told the outlet that AOG Technics was a virtual client and did not hold a space in the location.
So were the parts legitimately manufactured, but lacked the QA/QC and testing to verify quality? I do not know what the standards are for those parts.I assume so since they obviously have worked in service for at least some period of time.
Before joining the aviation industry in around 2010, Yrala was a budding techno DJ and music producer who performed under the name Santa Militia.A profile on the artist website Resident Advisor says Yrala started playing techno events in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, in 2005 before relocating to Europe in 2010 and performing in countries including Spain, Italy and the UK.AOG Technics, which he founded in the UK in 2015, allegedly supplied thousands of parts with false paperwork to companies which airlines use for aircraft maintenance.AOG Technics is also believed to have invented employees with fake profiles to boost its image and also rented a virtual 'ghost' office near Buckingham Palace to give it an exclusive address.
