The Sudden Grounding Of Airbus A350-1000s Explained

It was at the start of September that Cathay Pacific canceled 24 roundtrip flights following an in-flight failure of an engine component.
The grounding of part of the Cathay fleet and urgent inspections undertaken by numerous airlines caused shares of the British engine-maker to fall by as much as 6%! This was due to the fact that the A350 is exclusively powered by Rolls-Royce engines.
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Update: EASA now advises that operators of both A350-900 and -1000 check their engines. It stated: “In-service and in-shop inspections since then have identified that a specific cleaning process available during engine refurbishment may lead to fuel manifold main fuel hose degradation". One person familiar with the probe told Reuters that the wrong type of cleaning product may have been used in at least one repair plant.

[@Rasscasse]

Well done to Cathay for the swift and decisive action taken in the interest of safety here. This is exemplary behaviour. Acted correctly and quickly to assess and diagnose and correct the problem and advising all the relevant authorities to enable assessment and oversight. This is exactly how things should be handled ! Bravo 👏

[@avbriefs838]

This shows how the proactive approach for a defect, appropriately managed, makes aviation the safest form of travel

[@IO-zz2xy]

It's a fuel hose NOT a catastrophic turbine blade issue. This is a relatively simple fix and as such, the engines are safe and working well. The real issue is where was and how was the braided pipe being chafed. Regards from South Africa

[@edwardwilcox6606]

Agreed....non-story really but people do like blow things out of proportion on the web these days.

[@arienoordzij3823]

@@edwardwilcox6606 My first thought as well. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I got the feeling of this video, they were 'disappointed' there were no more issues found.

[@lartorgames]

Oh boy people have short memory, the hose incident is happened from QF32. It’s embarrassing that rolls Royce still counted as credible engine provider meanwhile their engine issue has affected all modern aircraft ba38 , qf32 and 787s etops.

[@edwardwilcox6606]

@@lartorgames `Oh boy` more nonsense from an armchair jet engine expert. QF32 was a broken oil-feed pipe from 14 years ago an isolated incident that has not been repeated. This latest incident is a fuel pipe ( not made by RR ) that is supplied to most engine manufacturers. You do understand how reliable most jet engines are? The millions of hours they operate without fault. If only you did some research into just what marvals of engineering they are. Sounds like you`d just rather peddle RR bashing BS.....Carry on.

[@cyclonicleo]

Very well handled by all involved. Things could've gotten much worse, so timely intervention out of an abundance of caution was the correct way to go.

[@nightowldickson]

and now apparently it has been suggested that a specific cleaning process by Cathay during engine refurbishment may lead to fuel manifold main fuel hose degradation

[@mosab79]

Nice to have simple problems for change

[@AbdullahNajib-b9z]

If this was boeing all the news would be blaming boeing for engine probs.

[@Blank00]

Sadly it wouldn’t have even mattered if Boeing took any action about it, as exemplified with the PW4000 issues. Meanwhile, Airbus watched without taking any action, all of the action done to fix this was from Cathay Pacific and other airlines that reported, and EASA.

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

If A350-1000 Trent-XWB-97 has lower Time on Wing......then so do w/ the upcoming A350F

[@user-yt198]

Only for sandy environment. Until now for Qatar only.

[@artrandy]

The soon to be uprated XWB-97 offers more time on the wing, (reportedly twice as long), and orders for the A350F will benefit from that.......

[@planelover234]

@@artrandy Nah, it will face more issues

[@artrandy]

@@planelover234 Well, I doubt that the engines are likely to fall off, unlike the B777X, & I doubt that the XWB-97 will have powdered metal problems, which GE are warning customers is a probability with the GEnx, so it seems to me that its wishful thinking on your part. A bit snidey, aren't you...........?

[@artrandy]

@@planelover234 Well, I doubt that the engines are likely to fall off, unlike the B777X....

[@smoketinytom]

Let's be honest, the fuel hose being frayed on a 5 years aircraft with heavy use is not odd. I will say it sounds like the Maintainers should have swapped the hoses out much earlier if they inspected it properly.

[@lartorgames]

You’re such a bot they received the aircraft last month…. It’s ridiculous how rolls Royce screwed up…. Now I think the industry owns Tim Clark Apology for his statement on Rolls Royce…

[@JD-Films1]

Somehow Boeing is going to be blamed for this

[@Halloweye]

im surprised to hear that the trent xwb is having issues. this is the engine that i did not expect to have any kind of problem

[@koya__kim]

Boeing > Airbus

[@szechunglui4898]

A good handling by CPA, also reminded us what Sir Tim Clark said about A350-1000................. Seems to be something they already knew

[@MrViroplen]

tim clack said the plane dosent perform good on hot areas wtf does that have to do with a fuel leak/engine fire

[@lennywallace9201]

777x still has no competition. Which is why tim Clark hasn’t ordered the A350-1.

[@FanRailer]

Irrelevant

[@lartorgames]

@@MrViroplenTim Clark said also said he does not want aircraft that “breaking down” higher maintenance cause ruins the operation efficiency..

[@fahadmahmood3010]

Yea it was handled well, it could be worse such as the 787 electrical issues

[@thatomabaso386]

I am a fan of both the A350 and B787.can we please learn to stop trying to compare the two as the variants serve different markets.electrical issues and engine components issues two different things..Boeing also has a similar problem with B777X..we should be thankful that it was discovered before anything bad happened 😢

[@frutdafruit]

@@thatomabaso386 unlike what happened with the MAX... 346 people died just so Boeing could deal with it

[@GhostEyeHK]

Wait a minute, what happened on Malaysia Airlines A350, they also have engine issue…

[@MrViroplen]

The malaysian a350s were fixed it takes only 1 person and 22$ to fix that

[@CoSmicGoesRacing]

Looks like Sir Tim Clark is laughing in the corner… knowing that he made the right choice not to order the A350-1000 last year.

[@AnetaMihaylova-d6f]

No big deal you are exaggerating

[@artrandy]

I suspect Emirates have reserved slots already for the -1000, to be confirmed when the XWB-97 is uprated, which is what Clark wanted. If not then he's a fool, because the A350 is virtually sold out, and he needs this aircraft as a backup for the jinxed B777X, which seems to have another serious problem every month now. At the moment, the engines might drop on Sir Tim's head from the wing of a Boeing 777X flying over his office. Further, the B777X has no service history, and until it does, no one actually knows how it will perform in the extreme climate of the UAE, and whether GE's specifications for fuel economy are confirmed. The GE9X is an unknown quantity right now, and if there are any serious teething problems with that or the airframe, then Emirates A380s will be antique by the time they're retired..............

[@AnetaMihaylova-d6f]

@artrandy yes very good response. A350 is by far the best and modern aircraft in the skies today

[@christopherwilson6527]

Why? Because another airline has poor maintenance? This was nothing to do with the engine.

[@AbdullahNajib-b9z]

@@artrandy a350f also has no service history.

[@BrokebackBob]

What exactly happened at the time that they had the engine failure? I don't know, why do we not see issues with general electric engines or do we?

[@planelover234]

In GE, we trust

[@christopherwilson6527]

@@planelover234except when they throw blades on take off like those multi incidents. Keep your GE nonsense

[@AbdullahNajib-b9z]

@@christopherwilson6527 or maybe when the fuel lines get iced?

[@planelover234]

@@christopherwilson6527 Yeah GE is the company which have broken its own record of the most powerful engine which it made back in 1995. Rolls Royce didn't even break this record till now. Emirates didn't buy the A350-1000 bcz of the issues with Trent XWB-97

[@markwin77]

How's that GEnx engine currently going on the Boeing 777X family going there hey? 🤔😏

[@averagejoe9249]

Hopefully we'll get an investigation. This is serious.

[@rafaelwilks]

Just the level of reliability that is to be expected from RR. GE rules!

[@paulinejackson5861]

Very wary of flying on Cathay after this

[@nicgeld]

Wary of flying on one of the safest airlines in the world who immediately took the precaution to ground & inspect all its A350’s after this first of its kind issue?? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@kieranoconnor4334]

Boeing eat your heart out!

[@alexh2665]

The A3 50s is fine. This seems isolated only to cathey Pacific.

[@johnawalker9261]

Misuse of the word impact. Should have said affect.

[@MrViroplen]

This is clearly a cathey maintenance issue worn out and faulty furl hose are changed and cheaked every month bytge airline i work for(delta airline) amd i belive all airline do that

[@planelover234]

No its not a maintenance issue. Emirates is not Buying The A350-1000 bcz of the engine issues with it

[@aniveshnakkana1365]

Not RR's fault, but it is on Cathay's maintenance team. Worn out / faulty fuel hose should be changed regularly and is a job their maintenance team should do.

[@0xNameless]

If so, there wouldn’t be an EAD for every airline to inspect their engines as well.

[@tonamg53]

@@0xNamelessthat’s only as a precaution and its also how they found out the issue is specific to only Cathay’s

[@0xNameless]

@@tonamg53 you don't issue a second AD after the EAD, make it have a repeat interval and expand it to engine types not operated by said airline if its airline specific.

[@tonamg53]

@@0xNameless The second AD specifically warned other airlines NOT to perform a specific cleaning process that was employed by Cathay Pacific.

[@0xNameless]

@@tonamg53 yet the AD impacts other airlines engines as well. You seemed to not have seen the engine types in the applicability list that’s not in the Cathay fleet and that engine shop tasks and procedures are under RR responsibility.