QR629 - Incident: Qatar B773 near Karachi on Jun 14th 2022
Created Tuesday, Jun 14th 2022 17:39Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 14th 2022 17:39Z
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.
Source: The Aviation Herald · #QR629 on X