Investigators have found that a ruptured fuel manifold hose on the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine of a Cathay Pacific Airbus ...
While the initial emergency directive applied only to the Airbus A350-1000 engine, the latest AD was extended to all Airbus ...
Hong Kong's investigators highlighted that it had recommended EASA to mandate Rolls-Royce to issue inspection instructions of ...
These include the Trent XWB-84 that powers the smaller A350-900. EASA also includes the lower-thrust Trent XWB-75 and XWB-79 variants in its order – models originally developed for the abandoned ...
Sept 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK), opens new tab said on Tuesday it had inspected its entire Airbus ... the XWB-97 engine, the Rolls-Royce model used on the A350-1000.
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 U-turned on Monday ... Rolls Royce's Trent XWB-97 is the sole engine choice for the A350-1000, the largest version of the widebody jet that can carry up to 480 passengers.
According to Airbus, the A350 family uses two Trent XWB turbofan engine models from Rolls-Royce. An Airbus spokesperson referred questions to Rolls-Royce. The British aerospace company confirmed ...
An engine fire on a Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 earlier this ... efficiency is the engine. The Trent XWB was developed by Rolls-Royce specifically for the A350. The incident initially raised ...
the larger of two models of twin-engined A350. These are powered by the XWB-97, Rolls' largest civil jet engine. Cathay operates 18 of the largest twin-engined Airbus planes as part of a mixed ...
Hong Kong aviation investigators say an engine problem that caused Cathay Pacific to ground its entire fleet of Airbus A350 jets for inspection earlier this month could have escalated into ...
On Friday, following the incident, EASA said extending its compulsory engine inspections to include the XWB-84 engines found on the Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350-900 is "not warranted at this stage".