Fire inside aircraft at HIA contained, says Qatar Airways

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.”