All of the jets were expected to resume operation by Sept 7.
SEOUL - Singapore Airlines said on Sept 3 it is inspecting the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines in its fleet of A350-900 planes as a precaution after Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways identified an engine component failure in one of its flights.Cathay Pacific said on Sept 3 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.
Tokyo-based Japan Airlines , which has five A350-1000s that are all less than a year old, said it had asked Rolls-Royce for more information and had not stopped A350 flights in the meantime. The engine manufacturer said it was committed to working closely with Cathay Pacific, Airbus and the authorities conducting an investigation of the incident.
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. However, any widespread further inspections could be disruptive to airlines. Although the part failure occurred on one of its 18 A350-1000 jets, Cathay Pacific said it was also inspecting its 30 A350-900s as a “precautionary measure”.
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