QR926 - Incident: Qatar B788 near Karachi on Aug 31st 2024

A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8, registration A7-BCZ performing flight QR-926 from Doha (Qatar) to Angeles (Philippines) with 187 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 170nm northwest of Karachi (Pakistan) when the crew began to drift the aircraft down to FL060 and initiated a diversion to Karachi. The aircraft entered a hold before positioning for an approach to runway 25L about 20 minutes after entering the hold. The aircraft landed safely.

A replacement Boeing 787-8 registration A7-BCJ was dispatched to Karachi and is currently continuing the flight estimated to arrive with a delay of about 7:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Karachi about 10 hours after landing.