This archive report was first published on 16 October 2019.
On October 16, 2019, airline Swiss announced that it would resume mostly normal service with its fleet of Airbus A220 jets after temporarily grounding them for safety checks of their Pratt & Whitney engines.
The inspections came after a Geneva-bound Swiss jet had to divert to Paris on Tuesday due to an engine problem. French air crash investigators classified the incident as a "serious incident" and said it would be investigated by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
"On Tuesday afternoon and overnight 17 C Series/A220 aircraft have been inspected. The engines are in perfect condition, so 12 aircraft have returned to regular flight operations. Another five planes will follow at midday on Wednesday," Swiss said in a statement.
Swiss added that it continues to assume that flight operations can be carried out largely regularly again from Thursday. The Airbus A220 single-aisle airliner was formerly known as the Bombardier C Series.
Pratt & Whitney, the engine manufacturer, recommended additional checks for versions of the engine that power the Airbus A220 and a rival Brazilian jet, the Embraer 190/195-E2.
Swiss said that the inspections had forced it to cancel more than 100 flights, affecting around 10,000 passengers.
