The airline has cancelled dozens of flights after inspecting its entire Airbus A350 fleet following an engine fire on a plane bound for Zurich earlier this week.
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways said it had inspected its entire Airbus A350 fleet after the in-flight failure of an engine part and found 15 aircraft with components that needed replacement.
The incident caused a sharp drop in the shares of British engine maker Rolls-Royce on Monday, but they bounced back on Tuesday as concerns over implications for the global fleet eased and some analysts called the sell-off overdone.Cathay Pacific said three of the 48 Rolls-Royce-powered planes it had inspected had gone through successful repairs and all were expected to resume operation by Saturday.
“If the engine manufacturer takes any further action, we will respond accordingly,” a JAL spokesperson said. 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”. Sources said partially scorched parts were being analysed at Rolls-Royce facilities on behalf of Hong Kong investigators, but that no leaks had been found so far in other engines.Experts say such problems are rare but, barring a deeper flaw, generally raise fewer alarms than the failure of one of the major rotating parts such as a turbine blade.
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