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The Qatar Airways passenger aircraft made an emergency landing at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, after one of the engines after one of its engines caught fire shortly after take-off.

30 minutes after they took off, the pilots returned to the Kemal Ataturk airport while the staff rushed to evacuate the passengers.

The 330 Airbus was heading to Doha. The popular airline confirmed the incident on their Twitter page and said all the passengers are safe.

According to Daily Mail, Qatar did not confirm the number of passengers.

“The passengers have disembarked as normal. The pilot followed all QR safety procedures.”, stated one of the spokesmen.

According to Anadolu Agency, the pilots proceeded with the emergency landing after flames came out of the plane’s left-side engine.

The Arabic Airways Company is headquartered in Doha. Currently, the Doha-based airline operates over 150 international across Central Asia, Europe, South Asia, North America and Oceania.

Currently, the company has more than 40,000 employees.