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ISTANBUL/DOHA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A Qatar Airways aircraft made an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Thursday after its landing gear failed to retract on take-off, an airport official said.
The official could not confirm a report by broadcaster CNN Turk that one of the plane's engines caught fire.
The aircraft, an Airbus 330 bound for Doha, landed safely and passengers disembarked as normal, Qatar Airways said.
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Ayla Jean Yackley and Tuvan Gumrukcu in Istanbul and Tom Finn in Doha; Writing by David Dolan; editing by John Stonestreet) ((humeyra.pamuk@thomsonreuters.com; +90 212 3507062; Reuters Messaging: humeyra.pamuk.reuters.com@reuters.net))
ISTANBUL/DOHA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A Qatar Airways aircraft made an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Thursday after its landing gear failed to retract on take-off, an airport official said.
The official could not confirm a report by broadcaster CNN Turk that one of the plane's engines caught fire.
The aircraft, an Airbus 330 bound for Doha, landed safely and passengers disembarked as normal, Qatar Airways said.
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Ayla Jean Yackley and Tuvan Gumrukcu in Istanbul and Tom Finn in Doha; Writing by David Dolan; editing by John Stonestreet) ((humeyra.pamuk@thomsonreuters.com; +90 212 3507062; Reuters Messaging: humeyra.pamuk.reuters.com@reuters.net))
