In a press release on Thursday 5 September, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced it will request the inspection of at least some of the Airbus A350s in operation after an engine fire on a Cathay Pacific aircraft.
While Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong-based airline, reported a “fault” on a Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine during a flight to Zurich on Monday, EASA has specified that it was an in-flight engine fire shortly after take-off, which was apparently linked to...