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according to the official website of cathay pacific, yesterday (september 2) early morning flight cx383 to zurich returned to hong kong. after inspection, the a350 aircraft was found to have an engine component failure. according to cathay pacific, this a350 aircraft engine component failure is the first case in the world.

for safety reasons, cathay pacific announced that it would immediately inspect all 48 of its a350 aircraft. according to cathay pacific's 2024 semi-annual report, of its 48 a350 aircraft, 30 are a350-900s and 18 are a350-1000s. cathay pacific's official website shows that the a350-900 and a350-1000 can carry 280 and 334 passengers respectively. a reporter from the daily economic news confirmed from cathay pacific that the engine parts failure occurred on an a350-1000.

today (september 3), cathay pacific told the reporter of daily economic news that the engineering team thoroughly checked all the a350 fleet in operation within 24 hours and found that 15 of them needed to replace engine parts, and 3 of them have been repaired. the company will continue to repair the remaining aircraft and expects all affected aircraft to resume operations this saturday (september 7).

the engine used by the a350-1000 involved is the rolls-royce trent xwb-97 engine. rolls-royce said in its statement that the company is committed to working closely with airlines, aircraft manufacturers and relevant departments to support their efforts; in addition to providing support and guidance to cathay pacific, the company will also keep other airlines using the trent xwb-97 engine informed of relevant progress.

according to the official wechat account of rolls-royce, the trent xwb engine is specially designed for the a350. among them, the trent xwb-84 is the exclusive power of the airbus a350-900; the trent xwb-97 powers the airbus a350-1000 and a350f freighters. it is the engine with the largest thrust in the trent family and has accumulated more than 2 million flight hours in the five years of service.

according to flight steward, there are currently 78 a350s in mainland airlines, operated by air china, china eastern airlines, china southern airlines, and sichuan airlines, which own 30, 20, 20, and 8 a350s respectively. it should be noted that the a350s of these four airlines are all a350-900s, and there are no a350-1000s.