A Qatar Airways aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport today (Thursday) after one of its engines caught fire shortly after take-off, broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
The Airbus A330 had been headed for Doha but had to turn back to Ataturk airport less than 30 minutes into its journey.
The plane was carrying 298 passengers and 14 crew, according to the airline and all were evacuated safely.
Aviation officials told AFP the incident was caused by a suspected bird strike that caused one of its engines to catch fire.
However, the plane landed was able to make it back to Istanbul where it landed safely.
A spokesperson for Qatar Airways told MailOnline: ‘Qatar Airways can confirm that today’s QR240
from Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IST) to Doha (DOH) has returned to Istanbul and has landed safely.
‘The passengers have disembarked as normal. The pilot followed all QR safety procedures.’
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