Swiss inspects Airbus A220 jets as engine snag prompts grounding


FRANKFURT, Gernamany (Bloomberg): Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Swiss airline grounded its fleet of Airbus SE A220 jets after a "serious" engine problem forced a London-Geneva flight to land in Paris.

The carrier, the world's biggest operator of the narrow-body aircraft, said it cancelled about 100 flights Tuesday (Oct 15) in order to carry out inspections of the Pratt & Whitney engines. Some A220s have returned to flight following successful checks, and full operations are expected to resume on Thursday (Oct 17), Swiss said in a statement.

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