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Mitsubishi Electric admits shipping over 80,000 systems without proper inspection

Mitsubishi Electric claimed that safety has not been compromised and that they have reported the matter to the government.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp may have shipped some 84,600 units of train equipment such as air conditioners without proper product inspection,

Among those were 9,800 air conditioners shipped to East Japan Railway Co. and 9,900 units to both West Japan Railway Co. and Central Japan Railway Co.

The Japanese electronics conglomerate admitted to the inspection failure, which may have spanned over 30 years.

Mitsubishi Electric, which did not provide the number of potentially affected units, claimed that safety has not been compromised and that they have reported the matter to the government.

The company also shipped about 1000 air compressors, used to control brakes and doors on trains, without proper inspection.

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