Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Monday (Sept 2) it was inspecting all 48 of its Airbus A350 widebody jets after the in-flight failure of a component in an engine that is made by British manufacturer Rolls-Royce.
A flight attendant stands on the stairs to a new Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A350 after being received by the airline at Hong Kong Airport May 30, 2016.Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Monday it was inspecting all 48 of its Airbus A350 widebody jets after the in-flight failure of a component in an engine that is made by British manufacturer Rolls-Royce.
Cathay Pacific said it identified an engine component failure after the aircraft returned to Hong Kong.Cathay Pacific has not specified which engine component failed, but the carrier said it was the "first of its type to suffer such failure on any A350 aircraft worldwide". The airline said it had "identified a number of the same engine components that need to be replaced" but did not say on which model aircraft.
The top six operators are Qatar Airways with 24 planes, British Airways with 18, Cathay Pacific with 18, Virgin Atlantic with 12 and Etihad Airways and Japan Airlines with five each.It is not clear whether other airlines are inspecting their engines.
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