The agency provides extensive guidance on how suppliers and maintenance facilities can prevent them from being installed. The FAA confirms that it thoroughly investigates every SUP report, and if it ...

DALLAS — Federal officials say a maintenance company hired by Southwest Airlines used unapproved parts for repairs on some jets. The parts will have to be replaced, but as they are not considered an ...

GREENSBORO — The Federal Aviation Administration has warned the aviation industry to remove or avoid using certain aircraft parts distributed by a local company. The Feb. 15 directive was issued in ...

GREENSBORO — The Federal Aviation Administration has rescinded its warning about aircraft parts distributed by a local company. The agency had warned on Feb. 15 that Greensboro-based Genesis Aviation ...

The CFM-56 engine, which powers some older Boeing 737 and Airbus A-320 series aircraft, was involved in a counterfeit spare parts scheme last year. © Safran ...

On Wednesday, a coalition of airlines, maintenance providers and manufacturers released a report aimed at preventing unapproved parts from entering the aviation supply chain in the future. The ...

FeaturePrint works with any manufactured product, from designer sneakers to aircraft parts. Credit: Alitheon The scandal over AOG Technics, which put falsely documented engine components into the ...

Manufacturers, suppliers, and operators have teamed up in a formal effort to develop better safeguards against unapproved parts from entering the commercial aviation supply chain. The Aviation Supply ...

The Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition (ASCIC) is working on a formal effort to develop better safeguards against unapproved parts from entering the commercial aviation supply chain, Aviation ...

Passengers have flown on jetliners built with "substandard" parts, some of which may have been made in foreign countries, because the Federal Aviation Administration lacks an adequate system for ...

The Federal Aviation Administration gave Southwest Airlines the green light to continue flying about 50 commercial jets, or 10 percent of its fleet, allowing the carrier more time to remove ...