Emergency Airworthiness Directive only concerns the variant using the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine and was issued following a failure on a Cathay Pacific aircraft
The Hong Kong carrier said there was a fuel line failure on one of the engines of the A350-1000, registered B-LXI. Other operators of the aircraft said they had carried out inspections but not grounded them
Hong Kong carrier grounded its fleet of the long-haul jet after identifying a fault in an engine component on an aircraft bound for Zurich on September 2