Accidents
Korean Air Launches Special Safety Audit of A330s
An engine problem on Sunday involving a Korean Air Airbus A330 followed a runway overrun involving another of Korean Air’s A330s on October 23.
A Korean Air Airbus A330-300 approaches Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport in August 2011. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)
A Korean Air Airbus A330-300 approaches Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport in August 2011. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)

Korean Air has started a special safety audit of its Airbus A330 fleet, three days after the second incident involving the airline's widebody fleet occurred in a week. The latest case saw one of the airline’s A330-300s headed to Sydney, Australia, return to Seoul on Sunday after one of its Pratt & Whitney PW4000-series turbofans malfunctioned during the airplane’s climb, prompting the pilots to shut down the engine.