Cathay says 15 Airbus planes need new engine parts after fleet-wide inspections

Salt water + airplane parts = not a great idea.

Inspections found the issues. Seems like the safety process is working.

Parts wear out. That's the way mechanical things work.

Flew Qantas over obon, there planes were really old

Not much better than an LCC

Great, so now we have Rolls Royce diversity engines to worry about along with the Boeing diversity airframes and diversity software. I'm not sure the trade off for all this cultural enrichment is worth it.

Inspections found the issues. Seems like the safety process is working.

Parts wear out. That's the way mechanical things work.

There was an in flight failure that motivated those inspections. A "first of its kind" failure. Maintenance should occur before a failure occurs.

British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce confirmed Tuesday that the A350 aircraft operated by Cathay are "powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines".

Tim Clark, Emirates CEO recently ordered Boeing 777 instead of Airbus A350 at Farnborough because time on wing for the A350 is only 1/4 of what it should be, and that the Trent XWB-97 is defective. Harsh words coming from a CEO running the only profitable A380 fleet.

https://simpleflying.com/emirates-president-airbus-a350-engine-defective/

IMHO, Rolls Royce need to get its act together, being the almost sole supplier of engines for wide bodies.