The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how titanium with potentially falsified records made its way from an obscure Chinese producer onto commercial jets manufactured by Airbus SE and Boeing Co.
The titanium was used in parts made by suppliers including Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., which said in a statement that the material entered the supply chain through documents that had been counterfeited.
“When this was identified, all suspect parts were quarantined and removed from Spirit production,” said Joe Buccino, a spokesperson for Spirit. “More than 1,000 tests have been completed to confirm the mechanical and metallurgical properties of the ...
