Airlines brace for more travel chaos as hundreds of Airbus jets are inspected over engine recall

• 1,200 Pratt & Whitney engines on Airbus A320neo jets will need to be removed for inspection.
• The engine manufacturer said Tuesday it discovered an issue with its powder metal.
• JetBlue, Spirit Airlines, and Wizz Air are among the airlines to be impacted.

There's likely to be more air travel disruption on its way because hundreds of Airbus planes will have to undergo engine inspections.

Aerospace and defense conglomerate RTX, announced Tuesday that its subsidiary Pratt & Whitney, which makes aircraft engines, had discovered an issue in some of its engines — which sent its stock down 10% on Tuesday, per Markets Insider data.