FAA probing titanium on Boeing, Airbus jets

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NEW YORK — US air regulators are investigating whether there are safety risks after titanium with counterfeit authentication wound up on commercial jets, officials said on Friday.

Jets delivered to airlines by both Airbus and Boeing contain the titanium, which appears to be originally sourced from a Chinese company where an employee forged details on certificates, according to a New York Times report.Industry officials said on Friday that based on testing of the titanium, they do not believe the issue poses an immediate safety risk on planes in service.

Extensive testing by Spirit has shown that the titanium is the proper grade for use on planes. But the issue is documentation, Buccino said.'The documentation is counterfeit,' Buccino told Agence France-Presse . 'It's good titanium.'The issue is we can't trace it back to its origin,' he said. 'We determined there's no safety or risk issue.'Spirit received the titanium in parts from subcontractors, rather than as a raw metal, Buccino said.

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