Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) said on Wednesday it would thoroughly re-assess the condition of the engine of the plane that was forced to return to Cairo International Airport shortly after take off.
A Kuwait Airways passenger plane was forced to abort the flight on Tuesday after its right-hand engine caught fire.
The Airbus, carrying 223 passengers, was allowed by maintenance teams to leave the airport for Kuwait but its pilot detected the technical failure half an hour after departure so he decided to return, reported Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
Adel Burisli, head of KAC’s public relations and media department, said the corporation would re-assess the engine in coordination with its manufacturing company to find out the reason of its malfunction.
He apologised to the passengers of flight 542 for the malfunction and thanked them for their cooperation.
Burisli also praised the efforts of workers at Cairo’s airport for assisting the passengers and providing hotel bookings for them.
He said that KAC immediately sent another plane to Cairo to carry the passengers with a team to fix the engine problem.
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