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FAA can't oversee most airline maintenance, since it's done outside the USA

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Re: FAA can't oversee most airline maintenance, since it's done outside the USA

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Two people well known to me who both spent their careers in aircraft maintenance told me after the Ethiopian crash that nearly all airlines, including US carriers, buy fake parts -- ones that are not approved by the original manufacturer.

Obviously, I can't cite a source, but I wonder how long before that scandal hits the news.