Police seize parts of Airbus jets at Rome airport

Sunday, January 27, 2002

ROME -- Police seized parts cannibalized from six Airbus A300 jets in a warehouse at Rome's main airport Saturday as investigators probed an international market in used airline parts suspected of being falsely certified as new or as properly inspected.

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