(Reuters) – Europe’s aviation regulator ordered a one-off visual inspection of fuel hoses on some Rolls-Royce XWB-97 engines powering Airbus A350-1000 jetliners following an engine fire on a Cathay Pacific airplane earlier this week.
In an emergency airworthiness directive on Thursday, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said the checks should be carried out within various deadlines of up to 30 days depending on the age of the engine. It described the move as an interim measure.
The directive did not order checks on XWB-84 engines on the A350-900, which represents 85% of the A350 fleet in service.
(Editing by Leslie Adler)
