Cathay Pacific is grounding its entire Airbus A350 fleet due to problems it found with its engine in one of the planes in-flight.
, the flagship airline of Hong Kong, is grounding its entire Airbus A350 fleet due to problems it found with its engine in one of the planes in-flight.“This component was the first of its type to suffer such failure on any A350 aircraft worldwide,” the airline said in a statement Monday.
This prompted Cathay Pacific to ground all 48 of its Airbus A350 fleet to inspect the aircraft, leading to theCathay Pacific said three of the aircraft were already fixed, and expected the rest of the fleet to up-and-running by Saturday. The Hong Kong-based airline did not specify which engine part needed repairing in the affected aircraft.
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