A new federal probe revolves around the discovery that documentation certifying the authenticity of the metal in some Boeing planes was falsified.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened yet another investigation into Boeing, this one centered around concerns that counterfeit titanium may have been installed in some of the aviation giant’s planes. Read more…

  • mydude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    5 months ago

    Same way bad grade steel got mixed in the golden gate bridge steel cables… Don’t have to be a rocket scientist to get this…

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      5 months ago

      Ah yes! Boeing and Airbus source their steel from the Golden Gate Bridge cables. I understand now!

      • mydude@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        You can watch, “seven wonders of the industrial world” s01e02, Brooklyn Bridge, minute 39. Same problem, year 1883.