Qatar Airways cancels flight from Hong Kong to Doha for second day in row
Qatar Airways has cancelled early morning flights from Hong Kong to Doha for two days in a row, with more than 100 passengers affected, amid the conflict between Iran and Israel.
Flight 815, scheduled to depart from Hong Kong for Doha at 1.25am on Tuesday, was cancelled first after Qatar temporarily closed its airspace in anticipation of retaliatory attacks by Iran on a US airbase near the capital. The carrier later cancelled flight 815 on Wednesday, which also had a departure time of 1.25am.
Tuesday's flight was scheduled to leave just as Qatar closed its airspace to commercial airliners 'to ensure the safety of citizens, residents'.
Shortly after the cancellation, news came through that Iran had launched a missile attack on the American Al Udeid Air Base near Doha. No casualties were recorded.
The attack on the biggest American airbase in the Middle East came two days after the US launched massive strikes against three nuclear facilities inside Iran.
Jasper Reed*, one of the affected passengers, said that he saw the news about 30 minutes before the flight started boarding.
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