Qatar B788 near Basra on Jul 20th 2024, smoke in cabin

Sunday, July 21st 2024

A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8, registration A7-BCC performing flight QR-20 from Dublin (Ireland) to Doha (Qatar) with 270 people on board, was enroute at FL410 about 130nm northnorthwest of Basra (Iraq) when the crew decided to divert to Basra reporting smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Basra’s runway 32 about 25 minutes later.