Singapore Air checks A350 fleet as Air China scrubs some flights

Cathay Pacific aircraft are seen in the maintenance hanger at the international airport in Hong Kong on September 3, 2024. Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific has temporarily grounded its fleet of A350 aircraft for inspections after a "first of its type" engine component failure forced a flight to Zurich to turn back on September 3. - Photo: AFP

SINGAPORE: (Bloomberg) Some of Asia’s largest operators of the Airbus SE A350, including Singapore Airlines Ltd., said they would undertake checks of their fleet after Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.’s mid-flight discovery of an engine component issue in the aircraft type.

Singapore Air said it would inspect all the engines powering its fleet of 64 A350-900 aircraft as a "precautionary measure,” stressing there was no current impact on its flights.