Fars Air Qeshm

Boeing 747-281B of Fars Air Qeshm (EP-FAB) damaged in Doha, Qatar

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On 17 March, the sole airworthy Boeing 747-281B of Fars Air Qeshm (EP-FAB) was damaged after cargo handling workers of Doha International Airport in Qatar, mistakenly unloaded the cargo from the nose of the aircraft first.

The scheduled flight arrives from Yerevan, Tehran after a flight of 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Update: Two days after this incident the Boeing 747 (reg. EP-FAB) landed safely in Tehran after 1 hour 38 minutes flight.

This post was published on 18 March 2019 18:46

Maarten Van Den Driessche

http://www.quixoticguide.com

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