Japan's JAL inspecting Rolls-Royce engines on its A350-1000 planes

4/9/2024 11:39

        Japan Airlines (JAL) said on Wednesday it was conducting its own inspections of engines on its Airbus A350-1000 planes, after Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways identified an engine part failure on one of its flights.
        
        A pokesperson forJAL said , vy Tuesday, the airline had conducted in-house special inspections of three of the engines made by Rolls-Royce and they were found to be safe.
        
        The spokesperson added, "The remaining two aircraft are scheduled to undergo inspections today (Wednesday) as soon as they return to Haneda Airport." Tokyo-based JAL has five A350-1000s that are all less than a year old.
        
        Cathay Pacific said on Tuesday it had inspected its entire Airbus A350 fleet of 48 planes after the in-flight failure of an engine part and found 15 aircraft with components that needed replacement.
        
        A person familiar with the matter said a leak in a fuel system appeared to have caused a brief engine fire that was quickly extinguished by the crew of a Zurich-bound Cathay Pacific A350-1000 on Monday.