AEROSPACE

GE Jet Engines Focus of Probe: The government is investigating allegations that 7,000 military and commercial jet aircraft engines, including the ones that power President Clinton’s plane, may be defective, the Justice Department said. The manufacturer, General Electric Co., denied the allegations, saying the engines have flown for more than 200 million hours without an electrical problem such as the one in question. The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating charges of flawed electrical bonding on GE aircraft engines but had found no indications of a safety problem. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer first reported the investigation. It quoted a civil damage suit filed by a whistle-blowing GE employee as saying the engines “unnecessarily endanger the health and well-being of pilots, maintenance service personnel and passengers, including the very real likelihood of loss of life.”