Two Ryanair aircraft engines amid its fleet of 523 aircraft are fund to have had had fake parts supplied for England during routine maintenance checks.
The discovery was made during assessments conducted in Texas and Brazil. The affected parts supplied by London based AOG Technics have been removed from the engines.
During October it was revealed that AOG Technics supplied parts that had been supplied with forged safety certificates by the English aviation authorities and ended up in at least 126 commercial aircraft engines around the world. The parts only affect older-generation B737s, of which Ryanair has a small number.
Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary, announced that the airline was “largely unaffected” the airline and had removed the suspect parts. Ryanair had never directly dealt with AOG but had acquired the parts for two engines through third parties. They became aware of the components when urged to check their planes after accusations regarding AOG surfaced.
In October it was revealed that components supplied had been supplied with forged safety certificates by the English aviation authorities.
Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and Southwest Airlines were previously reported to have found suspect parts supplied by AOG Technics.
