Created Saturday, Jan 17th 2026 16:40Z, last updated Saturday, Jan 17th 2026 16:40Z
A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8, registration A7-BCL performing flight QR-1406 from Lagos (Nigeria) to Doha (Qatar) with 248 passengers and 12 crew, was climbing through about FL220 out of Lagos when the crew reported a failure of their oxygen system, rapidly descended the aircraft to FL100 and returned to Lagos for a safe landing on runway 18R about one hour after stopping the climb.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Lagos about 47 hours after landing back.

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