Delta Air Lines Inc. says some of its aircraft have been flown with engines using improperly documented components, a disclosure indicating the extent to which parts linked to a British distributor have been uncovered.
Suspect components were found on only one engine of the planes that were flown, a company spokesman said Tuesday, declining to quantify exactly how many aircraft and engines were impacted.
The information comes from a new assessment of Delta’s ongoing internal investigation into the airline’s use of the uncertified parts, which it first disclosed on Monday.
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Delta and several other carriers have disclosed that engines in their fleet used parts distributed by AOG Technics Ltd., a London-based company at the center of probes by regulators into allegedly fake parts. The uncertified components were used in a popular type of jet engine made by CFM International Inc., a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Safran SA.
--With assistance from Ryan Beene.
(Corrects third paragraph to indicate Delta first disclosed the issue on Monday.)
