TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Japan Airlines ( JPNRF )

said on Wednesday it was conducting its own inspections of

engines on its Airbus A350-1000 planes, after Hong

Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways ( CPCAF ) identified an engine part failure

on one of its flights.

By Tuesday, JAL had conducted in-house special inspections

of three of the engines made by Rolls-Royce and they were

found to be safe, a spokesperson for the Japanese airline said.

"The remaining two aircraft are scheduled to undergo

inspections today (Wednesday) as soon as they return to Haneda

Airport," the spokesperson added.

Tokyo-based JAL has five A350-1000s that are all less than a

year old.

Cathay Pacific said on Tuesday it had inspected

its entire Airbus A350 fleet of 48 planes after the in-flight

failure of an engine part and found 15 aircraft with components

that needed replacement.

A person familiar with the matter said a leak in a fuel

system appeared to have caused a brief engine fire that was

quickly extinguished by the crew of a Zurich-bound Cathay

Pacific A350-1000 on Monday.