Qatar B773 near Karachi on Jun 14th 2022, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: June 14, 2022 / 17:39:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 14, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QR-629

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
A7-BEA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300, registration A7-BEA performing flight QR-629 from Lahore (Pakistan) to Doha (Qatar) with 183 people on board, was enroute at FL380 about 240nm westnorthwest of Karachi (Pakistan) already in contact with Iranian Air Traffic Control when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Karachi reporting the right hand engine (GE90) was shut down. The aircraft drifted down to 15000 feet and landed safely on Karachi's runway 25L about 50 minutes after leaving FL380.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Karachi about 10 hours after landing.

The flight is now estimated to reach Doha with a delay of about 16 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 14, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QR-629

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
A7-BEA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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