Cathay Airbus engine fire linked to cleaning: EU regulator
Paris (AFP) Sept 19, 2024
A cleaning process leading to fuel hose degradation during refurbishment may have caused a recent Airbus A350 engine fire that triggered dozens of Cathay Pacific flight cancellations this month, the EU aviation regulator said Thursday. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) also said it had widened the number of engine variants potentially affected by the suspected defect, which in
A cleaning process leading to fuel hose degradation during refurbishment may have caused a recent Airbus A350 engine fire that triggered dozens of Cathay Pacific flight cancellations this month, the EU aviation regulator said Thursday. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) also said it had widened the number of engine variants potentially affected by the suspected defect, which in