A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Qatar Airways has sustained damage after one of its main landing gear legs fell into a collapsed drain cover at Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha. The aircraft had just completed a flight from Colombo in Sri Lanka on October 25, 2024, and was arriving at its allocated parking stand when the incident occurred.  

The flight in question, QR663, departed Colombo at 03:30 local time for the journey to Doha, lasting four hours and 30 minutes. The flight was being operated by one of Qatar Airways’ 30-strong fleet of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, registered A7-BCV. It had touched down at 05:23 local time in Doha and was just pulling up to its stand.  

According to eyewitnesses, as the aircraft approached its final parking position at low speed, the aircraft’s right main gear dropped into a drain cover that had collapsed, with the front two almost disappearing from view entirely when on the four-wheel main bogey. With the resulting drop in height of the right-hand side of the aircraft, the plane’s number two engine cowling also contacted the tarmac, with the aircraft coming to rest on its right-hand side.