Qatar B748 at Doha on Sep 28th 2020, hydraulic leak
Last Update: September 29, 2020 / 19:39:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 28, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-8222
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Doha, Qatar
Aircraft Registration
A7-BGB
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
The aircraft needed to be towed off the runway.
The airline tweeted later Sep 28th 2020: "Qatar Airways can confirm a limited number of flights diverted from landing into Qatar this morning. This followed a technical issue with a B747F which declared an emergency & landed safely without incident. We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our passengers."
A post flight inspection determined engine #1 (GEnx) needs to be replaced.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Doha about 43 hours after landing and is estimated to return to the skies on Oct 2nd 2020.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 28, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-8222
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Doha, Qatar
Aircraft Registration
A7-BGB
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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