Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Tuesday that 15 of its Airbus A350 jets needed new engine parts after inspecting its entire fleet, which was grounded following a "first of its type" engine component failure.
Cathay, one of the largest operators worldwide of the A350 jet, had grounded its 48-plane fleet of the aircraft and cancelled dozens of flights after a Zurich-bound plane was forced to turn back to Hong Kong on Monday.
The company said it had identified "an engine component failure", though it did not say which one.
"This component was the first of its type to suffer such failure on any A350 aircraft worldwide," the airline said.
By Tuesday afternoon, Cathay said its engineering team had identified 15 aircraft with affected engine parts and successfully repaired three.
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