European aviation regulators discover forgery among spare part transactions

European aviation regulators have uncovered a dubious supply chain of spare parts for older Airbus and Boeing planes.

As reported by Bloomberg, it was determined that an obscure London-based company has been supplying questionable parts for the repair of jet engines for older-generation Airbus SE A320 and Boeing Co. 737 planes.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has confirmed, that the UK company in question, AOG Technics Ltd., has been using forged release certificates for the repair goods forged parts, adding, that "the organization identified as the manufacturer “confirmed that they did not produce the certificate and that they were not the originator of the part".

The investigation has been aided by manufacturing partners General Electric Co. and Safran SA in identifying the allegedly fake certification documents that were being distributed by the London-based company.

The spare parts under question were for the repair of the CFM56 engine, the world's best-selling jet engine. According to the publication, it remains unclear at this moment how many aircraft might be affected. The AOG company remains silent on the actual origin of the questionable parts.