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Could this have a bearing on all the planes that fall out of the sky???

granny
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http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1628

Title:
Second Manager for Michigan Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
Company Pleads Guilty in Case Involving Nonconforming
Parts for Military Aircraft

Date:
July, 25 2005
Type:
Investigation
Summary:
On July 25, Barbara McCoy, a former quality assurance
manager for Anco-Tech, Inc. (ANCO), Dearborn Heights,
MI, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, PA to
four counts of aiding and abetting the issuance of false
certificates of conformance on titanium tubing which was
used in the production of V-22 Osprey helicopters. ANCO,
which went out of business in 2002, manufactured
seamless titanium tubing used in various flight-critical and
non-critical military and commercial aerospace
applications, including hydraulic systems. The certificates
falsely certified that the tubing had been manufactured
and inspected in accordance with specifications, when in
facts, required testing and inspection had not been done.
Elaine Slomsky, another quality assurance manager for
ANCO, pled guilty in June 2005 to making false
statements by signing false certificates of conformance.

On June 7, 2005, ANCO and two of the firm’s former
executives were charged by a grand jury with multiple
counts of conspiracy, aircraft parts fraud and mail fraud
related to the titanium tubing used on commercial
aircraft. This ongoing investigation is being conducted
with DCIS and NCIS. There have been no reported aircraft
accidents or malfunctions attributable to the
nonconforming titanium tubing, but FAA is considering
issuing a safety alert to the commercial aviation industry.

Note: The charges contained in the indictment(s) are
allegations and the defendant(s) are presumed innocent
unless and until proven guilty.