DOHA – A Boeing 747-200F (reg.no. EP-FAB) of the Iranian Cargo Airline Fars Air Qeshm was damaged on Saturday night at Doha Airport in Qatar. Reportedly, the handling agents unloaded too much cargo from the front of the aircraft, causing the center of gravity to slide backwards and the B747’s nose to tilt.

#BREAKING: Sole airworthy Boeing 747-281B of Fars Air Qeshm (EP-FAB) was damaged after cargo handling workers of #Doha International Airport, #Qatar mistakenly unloaded the cargo from the nose of airplane first last night. It is the sole 747 carrying weapons for #IRGC to #Syria! pic.twitter.com/2EfJE7EBwJ

— Babak Taghvaee – Μπάπακ Τακβαίε – بابک تقوایی (@BabakTaghvaee) March 17, 2019

It’s the only Fars Air Qeshm 747 aircraft. Western intelligence services have accused it of supplying weapons to the Iranian allies Hizbullah and Syria. Just before the incident, the Boeing had flown from Yerevan in Armenia to Doha in Qatar.

It is unclear whether there were any injuries.

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(Top image: Q80lrPilot on Twitter)