PARIS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - An incident that caused a

Cathay Pacific Airbus jetliner to turn back to base on Monday

involved a problem with a fuel nozzle inside a Rolls-Royce

XWB-97 jet engine, a person familiar with the matter

said.

Cathay Pacific said earlier it was inspecting all 48 of its

Airbus A350s after a problem with an unspecified engine

component forced a Zurich-bound A350-1000 to divert back to Hong

Kong.

Rolls-Royce did not immediately respond to a request for

comment on the reported fuel nozzle problem, but said earlier it

was aware of the incident at Cathay Pacific and would work

closely with the airline, Airbus and relevant authorities.