We’ve boarded and at the moment pushback is scheduled for 1620 local time. Engineer whom fixed the aircraft flew in from New Jersey but was held up for several hours by Canadian Immogration as he was coming to ‘work’ and did not have the correct visa so was held up for several hours till that got sorted out, hence the delay. Crew that flew us in are flying us to JFK, all 26 of them then deadhead back to DOH on tomorrow mornings JFK-DOH flight as another crew has already been brought in.
All in all, and several of us passengers chatted over dinner and drinks at the hotel last night that in the circumstances and the Herculean task of quickly addressing the situation and finding accommodation, transport etc., for 300+ passengers, QR passed the challenge well. Of course things could have been better and some passengers felt the inconvenience more than others, but overall well done QR, kudos to the crew, handing agents and Doha management for a situation well handled! As for the passenger who was taken I’ll, apparently still in critical state and we all hope things improve for him quickly.