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Europe fears that Airbus AIRE The problems with its twin-aisle aircraft could be more widespread than a single worrying incident in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post reports that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency will be Grounding many of the planes to find out if more of them might be in trouble.
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“We will require a one-time fleet inspection, which may apply to only a portion of the A350 fleet, to identify and remove from service any potentially compromised high-pressure fuel hoses,” the agency said in a statement, according to the outlet.
Earlier this week, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific said it would be carrying out a preventive inspection of its A350 fleet after cancelling several flights due to a failure in a component of the aircraft’s Rolls-Royce engines on a flight from Hong Kong to Zurich. The flight suffered an engine fire and had to return to its departure point.
airbus told Reuters which acknowledged the action by the European regulator and said it was “working closely with (engine manufacturer) Rolls-Royce and the authorities in implementing this precautionary measure.”
This is not the first time an engine problem has hit Airbus. The company is still analyzing the extent of the problems with the Pratt & Whitney units, a subsidiary of RTX, which had faulty compressor and turbine disks. The problem was so serious that Spirit Airlines said it would not ground the aircraft. get up to 200 million dollars due to the loss of income from planes that could not fly.
This whole mess is another setback in Airbus’ plans to make the most of Boeing’s problems, the other half of a Global aircraft manufacturing duopolyEarlier this year, Airbus cut its forecasts after suggesting it could Kicking Boeing While It Was Down.
Rocio Fabbro contributed to this article.
