Qatar A320 at Peshawar on Sep 20th 2018, smoke in cabin
Last Update: September 23, 2018 / 18:02:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-601
Departure
Peshawar, Pakistan
Destination
Doha, Qatar
Aircraft Registration
A7-AHQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 4.5 hours, then departed again but this time diverted to Muscat (Oman) for a brief tech stop of about 80 minutes before the aircraft continued to Doha and landed at the destination with a total delay of 7 hours.
On Sep 23rd 2018 Qatar Airways requested: "Kindly update find following statement from Qatar Airways below" (basically stating exactly the same that we already had reported). The statement reads in full: "?Flight QR 601 from Peshawar to Doha experienced some smoke in the cabin shortly after departure due to a minor technical issue. The Airbus A320 aircraft returned to Peshawar and landed safely at 05:23. Passengers disembarked normally and maintenance was carried out.?"
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-601
Departure
Peshawar, Pakistan
Destination
Doha, Qatar
Aircraft Registration
A7-AHQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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