( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “serious engine fire.” Hong Kong’s air safety authority has found that a defect in an engine component of a Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A350 that forced a Zurich-bound flight to return to Hong Kong could have caused “extensive damage” to the aircraft. [CutID: <Cuts> CATHAY-PACIFIC-DEFECT-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 28s Title: […]
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Faulty component could have caused “extensive damage” to Cathay Pacific jet
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “serious engine fire.”
Hong Kong’s air safety authority has found that a defect in an engine component of a Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A350 that forced a Zurich-bound flight to return to Hong Kong could have caused “extensive damage” to the aircraft.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The report on the September 2 incident by Hong Kong’s Air Accident Investigation Authority said the steel braided sheath of a fuel hose connecting to a fuel spray nozzle was ruptured. A preliminary investigation found soot on a section of the aircraft’s core engine, indicating signs of a fire. The report said that if the faulty component had not been promptly detected and repaired, it could have escalated into a more serious engine fire.