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| Fake parts in Hercules aircraft called a genuine risk | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 11 2013, 02:17 AM (128 Views) | |
| Darcie | Jan 11 2013, 02:17 AM Post #1 |
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Despite repeated government denials, CBC News has confirmed that some of Canada’s new Hercules military transport planes have counterfeit Chinese parts in their cockpits that could leave pilots with blank instrument panels in mid-flight. Documents show the Canadian military has known about the bogus electronic chips in the giant Hercules C-130J aircraft since at least July 2012, but continued to hide the fact during a CBC News investigation months later. The military continues to fly the new Hercs with the fake parts, and says it still has no immediate plans to replace them. A 14-month investigation by the powerful U.S. Senate armed services committee concluded last year that counterfeit parts in the Hercules transports and other American-made military equipment are prone to failure with potentially “catastrophic consequences.” Failure of the parts could leave Canadian military pilots flying blind, potentially in a combat zone, with no information on altitude, speed, location, fuel supply, engine performance or warning messages. 'We don't have any particular concerns,' minister said In response to the damning U.S. investigation, Canada’s then associate minister of defence Julian Fantino told CBC News last May that this country’s new fleet of Hercules was not infected with the bogus parts. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/01/09/f-vp-weston-hercules-counterfeit-chinese-parts.html As consumers why did this country purchase inferior parts that put our armed services men at risk. |
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| wildie | Jan 11 2013, 07:46 AM Post #2 |
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More side affects from the military/industrial complex. It seems that built in obsolescence has been carried forward from refrigerators to the aircraft! |
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