SWISS says Airbus A220 flights resuming as engines pass inspection

SWISS expects to resume mostly normal service with its fleet of Airbus A220 jets Thursday after temporarily grounding the jets for safety checks of their engines, it said Wednesday. The inspections of Pratt & Whitney engines came after a Geneva-bound SWISS jet had to divert to Paris Tuesday. French air crash investigators classified the engine problem, which disrupted the flight shortly after departure from London Heathrow, as a “serious incident” and said it would be investigated by the US NTSB. The carrier said that 20 of the aircraft had been inspected Tuesday afternoon and overnight. “The engines are in impeccable condition, so these 20 aircraft have returned to regular flight operations,” it added. “We continue to assume that flight operations can be largely resumed Thursday,” added the airline. <br/>