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 canceled 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 wide-body planes minutes after takeoff from Hong Kong.

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