The United States has joined an international investigation into suspected bribery related to decade-old sales of Bombardier jets to Garuda Indonesia, the Canadian planemaker said on Thursday. Bombardier, the latest aerospace group to face scrutiny over middlemen in past jet deals,said the US Department of Justice requested documents and information in February relating to the acquisition and lease of its CRJ1000 aircraft to the Indonesian airline between 2011 and 2012. A Bombardier spokesman said the company was cooperating fully. In November, Britain's Serious Fraud Office said it was investigating Bombardier over suspected bribery in the transactions. Authorities in Britain, France and the United States struck a record $4b bribery settlement with Airbus last year, as well as an $800m plea deal with Rolls-Royce in 2017. Both settlements covered sales of planes or engines to several airlines including Garuda. Garuda could not be reached for comment outside business hours. In May 2020, an Indonesian court handed Emirsyah Satar, Garuda chief executive from 2005 to 2014, an eight-year jail sentence for bribery and money-laundering related to the procurement of planes and engines from Airbus and Rolls-Royce. In November, after Britain's SFO announced its investigation into Bombardier, Garuda's current CEO and the Indonesia government pledged to cooperate with relevant authorities.<br/>