41.   The three companies described the recall as a preventive measure and said the defective part would be replaced free of charge.

42.   While the implants do not restore normal hearing, they bypass defective parts of the ear and send auditory signals to the brain.

43.   But technicians then found a defective part which had to be replaced, according to the officials who could not give a time for departure.

44.   Carmakers Honda and Ford said Friday they are recalling some of their popular sport-utility vehicles for repairs to defective parts.

45.   The US Justice Department said Thursday it had intervened in a lawsuit against the Boeing Company, accused of having supplied the US Army with helicopters with defective parts.

46.   Torstad said the defective part would be welded.

47.   The defective parts could be damaged under hard braking.