Doha: A Qatar Airways aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Thursday after one of its engines caught fire shortly after take-off, broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
The Airbus 330 had been headed for Doha. There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
Footage showed what appeared to be flames bursting out of the aircraft's left engine as it came in to land.
The flight, codenamed QR240, took off for Doha at 1.20pm local time (11.20am BST) and landed in Istanbul 40 minutes later.
The airline confirmed the emergency landing on its official Twitter handle saying "Qatar Airways can confirm that today's QR240 from Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IST) to Doha (DOH) has returned to Istanbul and has landed safely. The passengers have disembarked as normal. The pilot followed all QR safety procedures.”
More details are awaited.