Pratt & Whitney Discloses Fraudulent Engine Tests

Jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney says it has uncovered fraudulent testing of engine parts involving falsified records.


EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney said Monday it has uncovered fraudulent testing of engine parts involving falsified records, but that no recalls or other problems resulted.

The subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. said an investigation was begun in June 2011 when an employee anonymously alleged that test data had been altered over 15 years at Carmel Forge, another United Technologies unit, in Israel.

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