Mad (Flt) Scientist
11th Feb 2010, 23:09
... and did various other shady practices, according to this AIN Online (http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/-189becaf64/) story:
Koito Industries, a Japanese supplier of seats to carriers such as Continental Airlines, falsified test results and made unauthorized design changes on 150,000 seats supplied to 32 international airlines, Japan’s Transport Ministry said.
After getting his wrists slapped by ministry officials on February 8, Koito president Takashi Kakegawa apologized at a news conference. “Fraudulent acts were conducted across the organization,” he said.
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I'm actually quite surprised at what seems to be a fairly lenient oversight response - I'd have thought that you'd be looking at losing your design/manufacturing approval for pulling the kinds of stunts these guys reportedly did. (Though I suspect once the lawyers get hold of them, it won't make much difference in the long run ...)
Koito Industries, a Japanese supplier of seats to carriers such as Continental Airlines, falsified test results and made unauthorized design changes on 150,000 seats supplied to 32 international airlines, Japan’s Transport Ministry said.
After getting his wrists slapped by ministry officials on February 8, Koito president Takashi Kakegawa apologized at a news conference. “Fraudulent acts were conducted across the organization,” he said.
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I'm actually quite surprised at what seems to be a fairly lenient oversight response - I'd have thought that you'd be looking at losing your design/manufacturing approval for pulling the kinds of stunts these guys reportedly did. (Though I suspect once the lawyers get hold of them, it won't make much difference in the long run ...)