Web Desk: A flight-tracking discrepancy has prompted a clarification after a local news outlet reported that a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Sialkot had landed at Jammu airport in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
The report identified Qatar Airways flight QR630 as the aircraft that had allegedly landed in Jammu after departing from Doha.
However, flight information available from Sialkot International Airport shows QR630 arriving at Sialkot on Sept. 27. The airport’s records list the flight from Doha with a scheduled arrival time of 2:30 a.m. and show it as having landed at 2:08 a.m.
Flight-tracking service FlightStats also lists QR630 as a Doha-to-Sialkot service scheduled to arrive on Sept. 27, although it says positional tracking for the flight was not available in its historical record.
The confusion appears to have centered on aircraft-tracking data displayed online.
Flightradar24’s current historical record for QR630 shows the Sept. 26 service as “Diverted to IXJ,” with IXJ being the airport code for Jammu. The same record identifies the scheduled route as Doha to Sialkot.
This differs from the Sialkot airport’s own arrival record, which confirms a QR630 arrival the following day. As a result, the available records do not independently establish that the aircraft physically landed in Jammu.
The clarification circulating from airport officials attributes the conflicting map display to possible GPS interference or spoofing in the region. Such interference can affect the position displayed by flight-tracking systems, particularly in areas where navigation signals are disrupted.
According to the information provided by Sialkot airport authorities, no incident involving the reported landing of QR630 at Jammu was recorded at Sialkot Airport.
The airport’s duty air traffic control coordinator has also reportedly forwarded a detailed communication to the Directorate of Operations at Pakistan Airports Authority headquarters for formal information and record.
The aircraft’s callsign, QTR17B, has also appeared in discussions surrounding the tracking display. However, QTR17B is the callsign associated with Qatar Airways operations and should not be treated as a separate flight from QR630.
The available evidence therefore points to a discrepancy between online positional data and airport arrival records rather than independently confirming the reported Jammu landing.
Sialkot airport’s official records provide a direct record of QR630’s arrival, while the Flightradar24 historical entry displays a Jammu diversion for the Sept. 26 service.
Further details from Pakistan Airports Authority could clarify why the tracking system displayed the aircraft near Jammu and whether navigation interference affected the recorded flight path.
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