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Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing at Istanbul airport after engine catches fire | Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing at Istanbul airport after engine catches fire |
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A Qatar Airways plane has made an emergency landing in Istanbul after one of its engines reportedly caught fire. | A Qatar Airways plane has made an emergency landing in Istanbul after one of its engines reportedly caught fire. |
Radar showed the aircraft diverting over the Marmara Sea shortly after take-off on Thursday and returning to land at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. | Radar showed the aircraft diverting over the Marmara Sea shortly after take-off on Thursday and returning to land at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. |
Footage showed flames bursting out of the Airbus A330's left engine as it came in to land. | Footage showed flames bursting out of the Airbus A330's left engine as it came in to land. |
Mehmet Kirazoglu told The Independent he was at a Turkish Airlines technology building near by the airport when he heard a “strange plane engine sound” overhead. | Mehmet Kirazoglu told The Independent he was at a Turkish Airlines technology building near by the airport when he heard a “strange plane engine sound” overhead. |
“When we looked up we saw that a Qatar plane's left engine was flaming out,” he added. | “When we looked up we saw that a Qatar plane's left engine was flaming out,” he added. |
“It turned round towards the sea, I suppose it drained its fuel. Afterwards we learnt it landed safely.” | “It turned round towards the sea, I suppose it drained its fuel. Afterwards we learnt it landed safely.” |
Mr Kirazoglu said he and his colleagues could clearly see that the left engine was burning and that the aircraft’s landing gear had not been closed. | Mr Kirazoglu said he and his colleagues could clearly see that the left engine was burning and that the aircraft’s landing gear had not been closed. |
The plane has landed safely and all passengers and crew were disembarked, Qatar Airways said. | The plane has landed safely and all passengers and crew were disembarked, Qatar Airways said. |
The flight, codenamed QR240, took off for Doha at 1.20pm local time (11.20am BST) and landed in Istanbul 40 minutes later. | The flight, codenamed QR240, took off for Doha at 1.20pm local time (11.20am BST) and landed in Istanbul 40 minutes later. |
Twin-engine planes like the A330 can fly with one engine, with pilots trained to safely take off and land in the event of failure. | |
There are also in-built safeguards to stop fires spreading, with fire extinguishers inside engines that can be activated from the cockpit. | |
Earlier this month, an Emirates plane was consumed by flames after landing at Dubai International Airport, with the blaze killing a firefighter. | |
Istanbul Ataturk Airport was targeted by Isis supporters in a gun and bomb attack that killed more than 40 people on 28 June but there was no suggestion of foul play in Thursday's incident. |