Royal Jordanian A320 near Doha on May 18th 2017, unidentified object on board

Last Update: May 20, 2017 / 19:13:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RJ-611

Destination
Amman, Jordan

Aircraft Registration
JY-AYR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Royal Jordanian Airbus A320-200, registration JY-AYR performing flight RJ-611 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Amman (Jordan), was enroute at FL300 about 80nm eastnortheast of Doha (Qatar) when an unidentified object was found on board and no passenger claimed the object. The flight crew decided to divert to Doha for a safe landing on runway 34R about 20 minutes later.

Security forces checked the aircraft, object and luggage but did not find any hazardeous materials.

The aircraft departed Doha after 5:20 hours on the ground and reached Amman with 6 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RJ-611

Destination
Amman, Jordan

Aircraft Registration
JY-AYR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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