The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reported in 1998 that as much as $1 billion of unapproved aircraft parts were in the warehouses of US Airlines and parts distributors.
Tag: Counterfeit Aircraft Parts
Market losses to the worldwide trade in counterfeit airline parts. Contains data and statistics for fake parts as well as other counterfeit goods.
Number of Fake Aircraft Parts in 2004
2 percent of the 26 million aircraft parts installed in planes are counterfeit. This translate into 520,000 parts that are estimated to be counterfeit.