Cathay Pacific halts flights for A350 checks, other airlines await guidance

FILE PHOTO: In this picture taken on August 10, 2014, people watch as a Cathay Pacific passenger plane prepares to land at Hong Kong International Airport. - AFP PHOTO / DALE DE LA REY

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways is inspecting all of its Airbus A350 jets after the in-flight failure of an engine part on Monday, but other airlines have not yet been issued instructions to examine similar engines, carriers said.

Cathay Pacific cancelled 24 return flights through the end of Wednesday to give it time to inspect its fleet of 48 Rolls-Royce powered A350s after a part failed on one of its A350-1000 widebody planes minutes after take-off from Hong Kong.