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The Qatari government has apologized after authorities forcibly examined female passengers before a recent Qatar Airways flight, in a disturbing attempt to identify if any of the women had given birth to a newborn baby abandoned at Hamad International Airport.

2, Sydney-bound flight 908 was delayed when a group of women were ordered to exit the plane, subjected to a “strip search,” and forced to receive medical examinations in an ambulance parked on the tarmac, after the premature baby was found at the Doha airport.

The Qatari government has apologized after authorities forcibly examined female passengers before a recent Qatar Airways flight.

Under pressure after the report came to light, Qatar's Government Communications Office apologized on Wednesday morning.

Qatar Airways' Sydney-bound flight 908 was delayed when a group of women were ordered to exit the plane, subjected to a “strip search” and forced to receive medical examinations on Oct.

The Arab country gave no further explanation of how authorities decided to perform invasive vaginal examinations on the female passengers, per the outlet.

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