Fire burns holes in the A321 Qatar Airways
A parked Airbus A321 Qatar Airways began on the airport Doha to burn suddenly. The fire was quickly deleted, but increased for large damage to the Jet.
The Airbus A321 Qatar Airways stand for two days at a remote stand at the Hamad International Airport. The seven-year-old machine, with the registration A7-AIB maintenance work had to be carried out. According to unconfirmed information, the entertainment system was repaired. It came on Saturday (9. December) to a serious incident.
Qatar Airways confirmed: "Around 6:50 p.m., there was a parked Airbus A321 at the airport of Doha to a fire. The fire in the cabin could quickly be deleted or contained. While the plane took some damage, no one was hurt." The incident will now be investigated by the authorities, wrote the flight line in the message. The origin had the fire in the entertainment system and the Wifi-antenna on top of the Fuselage, presumed to be in the aviation safety organization Jacdec.
Repair possible?
Pictures of the A321 from the Hamad International Airport show a huge hole in the front part of the upper side of the fuselage and several smaller holes, one at the back. On recordings from the damaged aircraft are also on to identify a lot of damage. It is unclear whether the plane can be repaired.
The damage is greater than in the case of the Boeing 787 of Ethiopian, the 2013 had at London's Heathrow airport caught fire. The Dreamliner could be elaborately repaired and is flying again today.