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Qatar Airways plane lands in Istanbul after engine fire (UPDATE 2)

Türkiye Materials 18 August 2016 16:07 (UTC +04:00)
An aircraft of Qatar Airways, flying from Istanbul to Doha

Details added (first version posted at 15:14)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 18

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend: 

An aircraft of Qatar Airways, flying from Istanbul to Doha, had to return to Istanbul after engine fire, the Haber7 newspaper reports.

One of the engines of the aircraft, which took off from the Istanbul Ataturk Airport Aug. 18, caught fire mid-air, therefore the plane had to return to Istanbul and make an emergency landing there.

Reportedly, all the passengers have been evacuated and the fire has been extinguished.

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