(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A Qatar Airways Airbus A321 aircraft positioned at a remote stand experienced a fire whilst under maintenance at Hamad International Airport (HIA) at 6.50am today.
Qatar Airways explained in a statement that the fire inside the cabin was promptly contained and extinguished.
'Whilst there was some damage to the aircraft there were no injuries. A full investigation is being conducted by the local authorities to establish the cause. Traffic at HIA was not affected and is running as normal.
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