Following an engine fire on a Cathay Pacific aircraft, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Thursday, September 5, that it will mandate the inspection of a minimum of some of the Airbus A350s now in service.
“EASA is taking precautionary measures to prevent any further similar occurrence,” the agency added. “We will require a one-time fleet inspection, which may apply only to a portion of the A350 fleet.”
Based in Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific is one of the biggest A350 airliner operators. On Monday, the company grounded 48 aircraft for inspections. This decision came after one of its flights to Zurich returned to Hong Kong not long after takeoff.
A large number of flights in Asia had to be canceled
A significant number of flights in Asia were canceled. Inspections on 15 A350s with Rolls-Royce engines revealed damaged fuel lines. Authority needed to replace the damaged fuel lines.
The EASA announced in a statement that the airplane bound for Zurich had to perform an emergency landing because of an engine fire. Authorities needed to replace the damaged fuel lines.
An A350-1041 aircraft operated by Cathay Pacific on flight CX383 from Hong Kong to Zurich experienced an in-flight engine fire. Shortly after take-off, a fire broke out in one of the engines. EASA stated that they promptly detected and extinguished the fire.
The Air Accident Inquiry Authority of Hong Kong (AAIA) is responsible for conducting a safety inquiry into the incident. According to the agency, this is their role. The authority is also taking precautionary measures to prevent any further similar occurrences.
“Identify and remove from service any potentially compromised high-pressure fuel hoses” is the aim of the inspections, according to the EASA. EASA have not yet finalized the deadline for compliance. An EASA Emergency Airworthiness Directive will provide the details later on Thursday.
“The component was the first of its type to suffer such failure on any A350 aircraft worldwide,” according to a statement made by Cathay on Monday.
The event encouraged other airlines in the area to conduct comparable inspections on their Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 and XWB-97 engine-powered A350-900 and A350-1000 models.
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