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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="سابینا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سابینا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%B2%A0%EB%82%98" title="사베나 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사베나" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%94" title="סבנה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סבנה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="सबीना एरलाइन्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सबीना एरलाइन्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7" title="سابينا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سابينا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%99%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA" title="サベナ・ベルギー航空 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サベナ・ベルギー航空" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena" title="Sabena – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Sabena" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" 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border-right: 1px solid white; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Airline_codes#IATA_airline_designator" title="Airline codes">IATA</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="padding-top: 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid white; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Airline_codes#ICAO_airline_designator" title="Airline codes">ICAO</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="padding-top: 0.5em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Aviation_call_signs#Commercial_airline" title="Aviation call signs">Call sign</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="nickname" style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid white; text-align: center;">SN </td> <td class="nickname" style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid white; text-align: center;">SAB </td> <td class="nickname" style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: center;">SABENA </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">23 May 1923<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1923-05-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ceased operations</th><td class="infobox-data">7 November 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2001-11-07</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(operations transferred to <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>, which later became <a href="/wiki/SN_Brussels_Airlines" title="SN Brussels Airlines">SN Brussels Airlines</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Airline_hub" title="Airline hub">Hubs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Frequent-flyer_program" title="Frequent-flyer program">Frequent-flyer program</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Qualiflyer" title="Qualiflyer">Qualiflyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996–2001)</span></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sobelair" title="Sobelair">Sobelair</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2001)</span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Zaventem" title="Zaventem">Zaventem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christoph_Mueller" title="Christoph Mueller">Christoph Mueller</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</li><li>Jean Louis Herremans (<a href="/wiki/Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer">CFO</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Societé anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne</b></i> (French; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Belgian Corporation for the Exploitation of Aerial Navigation</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>), better known by the acronym <b>Sabena</b> or <b>SABENA</b>, was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its base at <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a>. After its <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> in 2001, <a href="/wiki/SN_Brussels_Airlines" title="SN Brussels Airlines">SN Brussels Airlines</a> was formed through a takeover of former subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a> and took over part of Sabena's assets in February 2002. SN Brussels Airlines merged with <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Express" title="Virgin Express">Virgin Express</a> in 2007 to form <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airlines" title="Brussels Airlines">Brussels Airlines</a>. The airline's corporate headquarters were located in the Sabena House on the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Zaventem" title="Zaventem">Zaventem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1923–1939:_Beginnings"><span id="1923.E2.80.931939:_Beginnings"></span>1923–1939: Beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1923–1939: Beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Handley_Page_W.8b_of_Sabena_transferring_cargo_-_LBS_SR01-01982.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Handley_Page_W.8b_of_Sabena_transferring_cargo_-_LBS_SR01-01982.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Handley_Page_W.8b_of_Sabena_transferring_cargo_-_LBS_SR01-01982.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Handley_Page_W.8b_of_Sabena_transferring_cargo_-_LBS_SR01-01982.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Handley_Page_W.8b_of_Sabena_transferring_cargo_-_LBS_SR01-01982.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Handley_Page_W.8b_of_Sabena_transferring_cargo_-_LBS_SR01-01982.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Handley_Page_W.8b_of_Sabena_transferring_cargo_-_LBS_SR01-01982.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4961" data-file-height="3419" /></a><figcaption>A Sabena <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Type_W" title="Handley Page Type W">Handley Page Type W</a> unloads cargo in Switzerland in 1924.</figcaption></figure> <p>Sabena began operations on 23 May 1923 as the national carrier of Belgium.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The airline was created by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Government_of_Belgium" title="Federal Government of Belgium">Belgian Government</a> with help of the Devriendt Family after its predecessor <a href="/wiki/SNETA" title="SNETA">SNETA</a> (<i>Syndicat national pour l'étude des transports aériens</i>, National Syndicate for the Study of Aerial Transports) - formed in 1919 to pioneer commercial aviation in Belgium - ceased operations. Sabena operated its first commercial flight from Haren <a href="/wiki/Haren_Airport" title="Haren Airport">Brussels</a> to <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> (England) on 1 July 1923, via <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a>. Services to <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a> (Netherlands) and <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a> (France) were launched on 1 April 1924. The Strasbourg service was extended to <a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a> (Switzerland) on 10 June 1924. <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> (Netherlands) was added on 1 September 1924, and <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> (Germany) followed on 1 May 1929 via <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Essen" title="Essen">Essen</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Belgian_Congo">Belgian Congo</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Belgian Congo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Sabena" title="Special:EditPage/Sabena">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AL79-123_Refueling_at_Zinder_Niger_(14284829346).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/AL79-123_Refueling_at_Zinder_Niger_%2814284829346%29.jpg/220px-AL79-123_Refueling_at_Zinder_Niger_%2814284829346%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/AL79-123_Refueling_at_Zinder_Niger_%2814284829346%29.jpg/330px-AL79-123_Refueling_at_Zinder_Niger_%2814284829346%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/AL79-123_Refueling_at_Zinder_Niger_%2814284829346%29.jpg/440px-AL79-123_Refueling_at_Zinder_Niger_%2814284829346%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1458" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.VII" title="Fokker F.VII">Fokker F.VII</a> in Sabena colours</figcaption></figure> <p>When Sabena was created, the airline was partly funded by Belgians in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> <a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">colony</a> who had lost their air service, an experimental passenger and cargo company (<a href="/wiki/Ligne_Aerienne_du_Roi_Albert" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligne Aerienne du Roi Albert">LARA</a>) between <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldville" class="mw-redirect" title="Léopoldville">Léopoldville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisala" title="Lisala">Lisala</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kisangani" title="Kisangani">Stanleyville</a> a year earlier. They expected the new Belgian national airline to fill this gap. On 12 February 1925, Sabena aviators <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Thieffry" title="Edmond Thieffry">Edmond Thieffry</a>, Léopold Roger and Joseph De Brycker succeeded in the feat of flying their Handley Page W8 F biplane from <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, capital of Belgium, to <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Léopoldville</a> (now Kinshasa), capital of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a>, pioneering a long haul route for passengers traveling between Europe and Africa, and <a href="/wiki/Albert_I_of_Belgium" title="Albert I of Belgium">King Albert</a>'s daughter, <a href="/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9_of_Belgium" title="Marie-José of Belgium">Princess Marie-José</a> flew the route on April 3.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout its history, Sabena had a long tradition of service to African destinations and for a long time, these were the only profitable routes served by the airline. </p><p>Sabena used land planes for its Congo operations and a program of aerodrome construction was initiated in the Congo. This was finished in 1926 and Sabena immediately began flights within the Belgian colony, the main route being <a href="/wiki/Boma,_Kongo_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Boma, Kongo Central">Boma</a>-<a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldville" class="mw-redirect" title="Léopoldville">Léopoldville</a>-<a href="/wiki/%C3%89lisabethville" class="mw-redirect" title="Élisabethville">Élisabethville</a>, a 2,288 km (1,422 mi) route over dense <a href="/wiki/Jungle" title="Jungle">jungle</a>. First, flights were operated with <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">De Havilland DH.50s</a>, although these were quickly replaced by the larger <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Type_W" title="Handley Page Type W">Handley Page W.8f</a> which had three engines and offered ten seats. </p><p>By 1931 Sabena's fleet, including the aircraft used on the Congo network, totalled 43 aircraft. Its mainstay type was the <a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.VII" title="Fokker F.VII">Fokker F.VII</a>B with a lesser number of smaller Fokker VIIA and 14 Handley-Page types. It also flew British <a href="/wiki/Westland_IV" title="Westland IV">Westland Wessex</a> aircraft. </p><p>Sabena occasionally flew to tropical Africa, Belgium's Congo colony, but mostly these aircraft were shipped out. There was no direct flight yet between Belgium and the colony. As the 1930s progressed, Sabena cooperated with <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Luft_Hansa" title="Deutsche Luft Hansa">Deutsche Luft Hansa</a>, which also had interests in routes to destinations across Africa. </p><p>Sabena's first long-haul flight to the Congo occurred on 12 February 1935 and took five and a half days, for which Sabena used a Fokker F-VII/3m aircraft. The following year, Sabena purchased the <a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.73" class="mw-redirect" title="Savoia-Marchetti SM.73">Savoia-Marchetti SM.73</a> airliner. With a speed of 300 km/h (200 mph), it reduced the journey time to only four days, and the Sabena service ran on alternate weeks to an <a href="/wiki/Air_Afrique" title="Air Afrique">Air Afrique</a> service.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Savoia_Marchetti_S.73.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Savoia_Marchetti_S.73.jpg/220px-Savoia_Marchetti_S.73.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Savoia_Marchetti_S.73.jpg/330px-Savoia_Marchetti_S.73.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Savoia_Marchetti_S.73.jpg/440px-Savoia_Marchetti_S.73.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1006" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.73" class="mw-redirect" title="Savoia-Marchetti SM.73">Savoia-Marchetti SM.73</a> from Sabena, similar to the one that crashed in the <a href="/wiki/1935_SABENA_Savoia-Marchetti_S.73_crash" title="1935 SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crash">1935 crash</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Expansion_in_Europe">Expansion in Europe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Expansion in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Europe, Sabena opened services to <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malm%C3%B6" title="Malmö">Malmö</a> in 1931 and a route to Berlin was initiated in 1932. The mainstay pre-war airliner that Sabena used in Europe was the successful <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Junkers Ju 52</a>/3m airliner. The airline's pre-war routes covered almost 6,000 km within Europe. While the Brussels <a href="/wiki/Haren_Airport" title="Haren Airport">Haren Airport</a> was Sabena's main base, the company also operated services from other Belgian airports and had a domestic network that was mainly used by businessmen who wanted to be in their coastal villas for the weekend. </p><p>In 1938, the airline purchased the new <a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.83" title="Savoia-Marchetti SM.83">Savoia-Marchetti SM.83</a>, a development of the S.M. 73 with a speed of 435 km/h (270 mph), although it flew services at a cruising speed of about 400 km/h (250 mph). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1939–1946:_Wartime"><span id="1939.E2.80.931946:_Wartime"></span>1939–1946: Wartime</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1939–1946: Wartime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in 1939, Sabena's fleet totalled 18 aircraft. Its mainstay fleet type was the <a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.73" class="mw-redirect" title="Savoia-Marchetti SM.73">Savoia-Marchetti SM.73</a> airliner (it had 11 of the type) and the Junkers Ju 52/3m airliner (it had five). Sabena also had just taken delivery of two <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3s</a>. </p><p>During the war, the airline maintained its Belgian Congo routes, but all European services ceased. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1946–1960:_Transatlantic_expansion"><span id="1946.E2.80.931960:_Transatlantic_expansion"></span>1946–1960: Transatlantic expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1946–1960: Transatlantic expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_DC-3D_OO-AUM_Sabena_Ringway_08.07.49_edited-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Douglas_DC-3D_OO-AUM_Sabena_Ringway_08.07.49_edited-3.jpg/220px-Douglas_DC-3D_OO-AUM_Sabena_Ringway_08.07.49_edited-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Douglas_DC-3D_OO-AUM_Sabena_Ringway_08.07.49_edited-3.jpg/330px-Douglas_DC-3D_OO-AUM_Sabena_Ringway_08.07.49_edited-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Douglas_DC-3D_OO-AUM_Sabena_Ringway_08.07.49_edited-3.jpg/440px-Douglas_DC-3D_OO-AUM_Sabena_Ringway_08.07.49_edited-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1048" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> of Sabena in 1949</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_DC-6B_OO-CTI_Sabena_Ringway_13.11.55_edited-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Douglas_DC-6B_OO-CTI_Sabena_Ringway_13.11.55_edited-1.jpg/220px-Douglas_DC-6B_OO-CTI_Sabena_Ringway_13.11.55_edited-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Douglas_DC-6B_OO-CTI_Sabena_Ringway_13.11.55_edited-1.jpg/330px-Douglas_DC-6B_OO-CTI_Sabena_Ringway_13.11.55_edited-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Douglas_DC-6B_OO-CTI_Sabena_Ringway_13.11.55_edited-1.jpg/440px-Douglas_DC-6B_OO-CTI_Sabena_Ringway_13.11.55_edited-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1053" data-file-height="730" /></a><figcaption>Sabena <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6</a>B arriving at Manchester Airport from New York in 1955</figcaption></figure> <p>After the war, in 1946 Sabena resumed operating a network of intra-European scheduled services. The fleet initially consisted mainly of Douglas DC-3s. There were thousands of surplus <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrains</a> (the military variant of the DC-3) available to help airlines restart operations after the war. The airline now flew under the name of <b>SABENA - Belgian World Airlines</b>. </p><p>Sabena started its first transatlantic route to New York City on 4 June 1946, initially using unpressurised <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-4" title="Douglas DC-4">Douglas DC-4</a> airliners which were augmented and later replaced by <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6</a>Bs. The DC-4s also restarted the airline's traditional route to the Belgian Congo. Sabena was the first airline to introduce transatlantic schedules from the north of England, when one of its DC-6Bs inaugurated the Brussels-<a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester</a>-<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> route on 28 October 1953. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Convair_240" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair 240">Convair 240</a> was introduced in 1949 to partially replace the DC-3s that until then had flown most European services. As of 1956, improved <a href="/wiki/Convair_440" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair 440">Convair 440 "Metropolitan"</a> twins began replacing the Convair 240 twins and were used successfully well into the 1960s between European regional destinations. </p><p>In 1957, the long-range <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-7" title="Douglas DC-7">Douglas DC-7</a>C was introduced for long-haul routes but this plane would begin to be supplanted after only three years by the <a href="/wiki/Jet_age" class="mw-redirect" title="Jet age">jet age</a>. It remained in service on the transatlantic route until 1962. </p><p>On 3 June 1954, a Soviet Air Force <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15</a> (<a href="/wiki/NATO_reporting_name" title="NATO reporting name">NATO reporting name</a> "Fagot") attacked a Sabena-operated <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> on a cargo flight from the United Kingdom to <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, killing the radio operator and wounding both the captain and engineer. Co-pilot Douglas Wilson managed to land in Austria but the plane suffered significant damage.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/Expo_58" title="Expo 58">1958 world exposition</a> in Brussels, Sabena leased two <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1049_Super_Constellation" title="Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation">Lockheed Super Constellations</a> from <a href="/wiki/Seaboard_World_Airlines" title="Seaboard World Airlines">Seaboard World Airlines</a>, using them mainly on transatlantic routes. In the same period, there were experiments with helicopter passenger service using <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-58" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky S-58">Sikorsky S-58</a> aircraft from Brussels to Antwerp, Rotterdam, Eindhoven and the Paris heliport at <a href="/wiki/Issy-les-Moulineaux" title="Issy-les-Moulineaux">Issy-les-Moulineaux</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960–1990:_The_jet_age"><span id="1960.E2.80.931990:_The_jet_age"></span>1960–1990: The jet age</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1960–1990: The jet age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Sabena" title="Special:EditPage/Sabena">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066032864">.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>table{background:none;margin:0}@media all and (max-width:720px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .thumbinner table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .thumbinner caption{display:table-caption}}</style><div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:200px;"> <table class="wikitable center"> <caption>Revenue Passenger-Kilometers, scheduled flights only, in millions </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Traffic </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td>235 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td>579 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>1,264 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td>1,635 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td>2,720 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>3,796 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>4,853 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>6,760 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>8,620 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>19,379 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="reflist" style="text-align:left">Source: ICAO Digest of Statistics for 1950-55, IATA World Air Transport Statistics 1960-2000</div> </div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_DC-6_OO-SDC_of_Sabena_-_Heathrow_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Douglas_DC-6_OO-SDC_of_Sabena_-_Heathrow_1960.jpg/220px-Douglas_DC-6_OO-SDC_of_Sabena_-_Heathrow_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Douglas_DC-6_OO-SDC_of_Sabena_-_Heathrow_1960.jpg/330px-Douglas_DC-6_OO-SDC_of_Sabena_-_Heathrow_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Douglas_DC-6_OO-SDC_of_Sabena_-_Heathrow_1960.jpg/440px-Douglas_DC-6_OO-SDC_of_Sabena_-_Heathrow_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1284" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption>Sabena <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6</a> at <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a> in 1960.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_707-329_Sabena_short_fin_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Boeing_707-329_Sabena_short_fin_1960.jpg/220px-Boeing_707-329_Sabena_short_fin_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Boeing_707-329_Sabena_short_fin_1960.jpg/330px-Boeing_707-329_Sabena_short_fin_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Boeing_707-329_Sabena_short_fin_1960.jpg/440px-Boeing_707-329_Sabena_short_fin_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="704" data-file-height="352" /></a><figcaption>Sabena Boeing 707-329 in April 1960, shortly after delivery.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AvionCaravelle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/AvionCaravelle.jpg/220px-AvionCaravelle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/AvionCaravelle.jpg/330px-AvionCaravelle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/AvionCaravelle.jpg/440px-AvionCaravelle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="918" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Sabena <a href="/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle" title="Sud Aviation Caravelle">Sud Aviation Caravelle</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sabena_Boeing_747-100_Marmet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sabena_Boeing_747-100_Marmet.jpg/220px-Sabena_Boeing_747-100_Marmet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sabena_Boeing_747-100_Marmet.jpg/330px-Sabena_Boeing_747-100_Marmet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sabena_Boeing_747-100_Marmet.jpg/440px-Sabena_Boeing_747-100_Marmet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="659" /></a><figcaption>A Sabena <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-100">Boeing 747-100</a> seen in 1976.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_DC-10-30CF_OO-SLB_Sabena_BRU_08.06.77_edited-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Douglas_DC-10-30CF_OO-SLB_Sabena_BRU_08.06.77_edited-2.jpg/220px-Douglas_DC-10-30CF_OO-SLB_Sabena_BRU_08.06.77_edited-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Douglas_DC-10-30CF_OO-SLB_Sabena_BRU_08.06.77_edited-2.jpg/330px-Douglas_DC-10-30CF_OO-SLB_Sabena_BRU_08.06.77_edited-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Douglas_DC-10-30CF_OO-SLB_Sabena_BRU_08.06.77_edited-2.jpg/440px-Douglas_DC-10-30CF_OO-SLB_Sabena_BRU_08.06.77_edited-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="728" /></a><figcaption>Sabena Douglas DC-10-30CF convertible pax/freighter at Brussels Airport in 1977.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sabena_Airbus_A310-200_Gilliand.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Sabena_Airbus_A310-200_Gilliand.jpg/220px-Sabena_Airbus_A310-200_Gilliand.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Sabena_Airbus_A310-200_Gilliand.jpg/330px-Sabena_Airbus_A310-200_Gilliand.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Sabena_Airbus_A310-200_Gilliand.jpg/440px-Sabena_Airbus_A310-200_Gilliand.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1568" data-file-height="1123" /></a><figcaption>A Sabena <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310" title="Airbus A310">Airbus A310</a> seen in 1985.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_707-329C,_Sabena_AN1025018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Boeing_707-329C%2C_Sabena_AN1025018.jpg/220px-Boeing_707-329C%2C_Sabena_AN1025018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Boeing_707-329C%2C_Sabena_AN1025018.jpg/330px-Boeing_707-329C%2C_Sabena_AN1025018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Boeing_707-329C%2C_Sabena_AN1025018.jpg/440px-Boeing_707-329C%2C_Sabena_AN1025018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="675" /></a><figcaption>A Sabena <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a> near its end of service, in 1981.</figcaption></figure> <p>1960 saw the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707-320</a> intercontinental jet for trans-Atlantic flights to New York. SABENA was mainland Europe's first airline to operate a jet across the Atlantic (<a href="/wiki/BOAC" class="mw-redirect" title="BOAC">BOAC</a> had been flying jet transatlantic services using the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet" title="De Havilland Comet">de Havilland Comet 4</a> since 4 October 1958). One of Sabena's aircraft became the first Boeing 707 to crash while in commercial service when <a href="/wiki/Sabena_Flight_548" title="Sabena Flight 548">Flight 548</a> crashed while preparing to land at the <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a> on 15 February 1961. The United States Figure Skating Team was aboard the aircraft, en route from New York to Prague via Brussels to compete in a figure skating championship. </p><p>Six <a href="/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle" title="Sud Aviation Caravelle">Caravelle</a> jetliners were introduced on all medium-haul routes in Europe from February 1961, being flown on most routes alongside the <a href="/wiki/Convair_440" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair 440">Convair 440s</a>, until the early 1970s. </p><p>The beginning of the 1960s saw a major upheaval for Sabena in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</a>. Widespread rioting against Belgian colonials in the months leading up to, and after the independence of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, caused thousands of Belgians to flee the country. The Belgian government commandeered Sabena's entire long-haul fleet to get the refugees back to Europe. Independence also meant the end of the impressive regional network of routes that the airline had built up in the Congo since 1924. When the new republic began its own airline, <a href="/wiki/Air_Congo" title="Air Congo">Air Congo</a>, in June 1961, Sabena held 30 per cent of that airline's shares. </p><p>The Douglas DC-6Bs remained in service with Sabena in the mid-1960s although they were no longer used on the airline's main routes. The Boeing 707s and Caravelles became the mainstay types during this decade. <a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">Boeing 727-100s</a> were introduced on important European routes and also some African services from 1967 in a unique colour scheme; the fin markings incorporated bare-metal rudder and white engine colours. At this time <a href="/wiki/Fokker_F27" class="mw-redirect" title="Fokker F27">Fokker F27s</a> entered service between regional Belgian airports and European destinations such as <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">London Heathrow</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747-100</a> was introduced in 1971, on transatlantic routes flying alongside the Boeing 707-320Cs. Sabena, like many other trans-Atlantic airlines, was satisfied with the Boeing 707s. For commercial reasons, it was recognised that it had to buy jumbo jets for its prestige services, notably <a href="/wiki/New_York_JFK" class="mw-redirect" title="New York JFK">New York JFK</a> and as of the mid-seventies, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_O%27Hare" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago O'Hare">Chicago O'Hare</a>. Sabena purchased only two first-generation jumbo jets, one named <i>Tante Agathe</i> (which means Aunt Agathe in French and Dutch, the national languages of Belgium), and it continued to fly the 707 into the early 1980s, as the Boeing 747-100's last flight occurred in 1993. </p><p>In 1973, the Boeing 727s on the European network were replaced by <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737-200s</a>. The <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-10">McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30</a> entered service in 1974. In total, Sabena purchased five of these convertible (Passengers and/or freight) <a href="/wiki/Combi_aircraft" title="Combi aircraft">combi aircraft</a> wide-body jets. </p><p>In 1984 <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310" title="Airbus A310">Airbus A310s</a> were introduced on routes that had high passenger density. This aircraft type also introduced a modernisation of the 1973 Sabena livery, in which a lighter blue was used and the titles on the fuselage were in a more modern style. </p><p>In June 1986 the first of two <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747-300</a> aircraft joined the fleet, eventually replacing the older 747-100s. </p><p>In 1989 Sabena invited Belgian fashion designer <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Strelli" title="Olivier Strelli">Olivier Strelli</a> to create a new range of uniforms for its cabin crews. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–1995:_Sabena_World_Airlines"><span id="1990.E2.80.931995:_Sabena_World_Airlines"></span>1990–1995: Sabena World Airlines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1990–1995: Sabena World Airlines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sabena,_Dublin,_May_1995.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sabena%2C_Dublin%2C_May_1995.jpg/220px-Sabena%2C_Dublin%2C_May_1995.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sabena%2C_Dublin%2C_May_1995.jpg/330px-Sabena%2C_Dublin%2C_May_1995.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sabena%2C_Dublin%2C_May_1995.jpg/440px-Sabena%2C_Dublin%2C_May_1995.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3419" data-file-height="2279" /></a><figcaption>A Sabena Boeing 737 at <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Airport" title="Dublin Airport">Dublin Airport</a> in 1995.</figcaption></figure> <p>A new name, <b>Sabena World Airlines</b>, and colours were introduced for the 1990s. The new livery had an overall white colour and the white circle tail logo in blue on the fin. A large "Sabena" title covered the <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a> in light blue and the name "Belgian World Airlines" was at times just visible, though the title was also painted on the fuselage in small, clear letters. The 1990s saw further fleet type renewal: the DC-10-30s were replaced with twin-engined <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330" title="Airbus A330">Airbus A330</a> and the Boeing 747s with four-engined <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340" title="Airbus A340">Airbus A340</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:38be_-_Sabena_Airbus_A340-211;_OO-SCW@ZRH;23.08.1998_(5126928987).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/38be_-_Sabena_Airbus_A340-211%3B_OO-SCW%40ZRH%3B23.08.1998_%285126928987%29.jpg/220px-38be_-_Sabena_Airbus_A340-211%3B_OO-SCW%40ZRH%3B23.08.1998_%285126928987%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/38be_-_Sabena_Airbus_A340-211%3B_OO-SCW%40ZRH%3B23.08.1998_%285126928987%29.jpg/330px-38be_-_Sabena_Airbus_A340-211%3B_OO-SCW%40ZRH%3B23.08.1998_%285126928987%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/38be_-_Sabena_Airbus_A340-211%3B_OO-SCW%40ZRH%3B23.08.1998_%285126928987%29.jpg/440px-38be_-_Sabena_Airbus_A340-211%3B_OO-SCW%40ZRH%3B23.08.1998_%285126928987%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4198" data-file-height="2838" /></a><figcaption>To replace their old <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747s</a>, Sabena purchased many <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340" title="Airbus A340">Airbus A340s</a>. The first Sabena Airbus A340 first flew in 1993.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the liberalisation of the airline industry throughout Europe and the economic consequences of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, the Belgian government, the main shareholder of the company, realized that Sabena had little chance of surviving on its own in this very competitive market, and began searching for a suitable partner. </p><p>Sabena remained in a poor financial state, and year after year the Belgian government had to cover losses, however it was prevented from providing new funds due to EU State Aid rules. For help in business due to their financial problems, Sabena leased a couple of Boeing 747s from <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a>. Many more aircraft were leased for longer periods, but had to keep their distinctive French <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">registration numbers</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_747-128,_Sabena_(Air_France)_AN0157599.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Boeing_747-128%2C_Sabena_%28Air_France%29_AN0157599.jpg/220px-Boeing_747-128%2C_Sabena_%28Air_France%29_AN0157599.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Boeing_747-128%2C_Sabena_%28Air_France%29_AN0157599.jpg/330px-Boeing_747-128%2C_Sabena_%28Air_France%29_AN0157599.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Boeing_747-128%2C_Sabena_%28Air_France%29_AN0157599.jpg/440px-Boeing_747-128%2C_Sabena_%28Air_France%29_AN0157599.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747"> Boeing 747-128</a> leased from <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a> in 1992.</figcaption></figure> <p>Around 1987, <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines" title="Scandinavian Airlines">SAS</a> tried to merge with the carrier, but the merger was blocked by the Belgian authorities. In 1989, <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> and <a href="/wiki/KLM" title="KLM">KLM</a> purchased stakes in Sabena, which were later sold back to the Belgian government. In 1993, <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a> purchased a large minority stake in Sabena, which it sold soon after. Finally, in 1995, <a href="/wiki/Swissair" title="Swissair">Swissair</a> purchased a 49 percent stake in Sabena and took over management. </p><p>In 1993 Sabena adopted its third and final logo, and its head office was in the Air Terminus building on Rue Cardinal Mercier in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rusesabagina" title="Paul Rusesabagina">Paul Rusesabagina</a>, a manager for Sabena-owned hotels in the former Belgian territory of <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a>, sheltered over 1200 Tutsis and moderate Hutus at the <a href="/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_des_Mille_Collines" title="Hôtel des Mille Collines">Hôtel des Mille Collines</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kigali" title="Kigali">Kigali</a>, saving them from being slaughtered by the <a href="/wiki/Interahamwe" title="Interahamwe">Interahamwe</a> militia during the <a href="/wiki/Rwandan_genocide" title="Rwandan genocide">Rwandan genocide</a> (this is depicted in the 2004 motion picture <i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Rwanda" title="Hotel Rwanda">Hotel Rwanda</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–2001:_Swissair_control"><span id="1995.E2.80.932001:_Swissair_control"></span>1995–2001: Swissair control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1995–2001: Swissair control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sabena_737-500.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Sabena_737-500.jpg/220px-Sabena_737-500.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Sabena_737-500.jpg/330px-Sabena_737-500.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Sabena_737-500.jpg/440px-Sabena_737-500.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A Sabena <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_Classic" title="Boeing 737 Classic">Boeing 737-500</a> in 2000.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OO-DJE_EGBB_2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/OO-DJE_EGBB_2001.jpg/220px-OO-DJE_EGBB_2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/OO-DJE_EGBB_2001.jpg/330px-OO-DJE_EGBB_2001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/OO-DJE_EGBB_2001.jpg/440px-OO-DJE_EGBB_2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Sabena BAe 146 at Birmingham, 2001</figcaption></figure> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Swissair" title="Swissair">Swissair</a> took over management of the airline, a few modifications were made to the aircraft's liveries, including a sticker, saying: <i>Flying together with Swissair</i>. In March and April 1998 two <a href="/wiki/McDonnell-Douglas_MD-11" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell-Douglas MD-11">McDonnell-Douglas MD-11</a> aircraft, both leased from <a href="/wiki/CityBird" title="CityBird">CityBird</a>, joined the fleet and such long-haul destinations as <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a> were (re)introduced. Also, that year saw the delivery of the last passenger version of the MD-11 from Boeing, which merged with <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> a year before. </p><p>1999 saw new colours introduced to the fleet, beginning with an <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340" title="Airbus A340">Airbus A340</a>. One of the latest fleet types that Sabena introduced, right after the <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A321" title="Airbus A321">A321</a> and <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320_family" title="Airbus A320 family">A320</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A319" title="Airbus A319">A319</a> which saw service in 2000. These new planes were part of a record-order of 34 <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320_family" title="Airbus A320 family">Airbus A320 family</a> aircraft, imposed on Sabena when under Swissair management.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001:_Bankruptcy">2001: Bankruptcy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2001: Bankruptcy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bae146.avrorj85.arp.750pix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bae146.avrorj85.arp.750pix.jpg/220px-Bae146.avrorj85.arp.750pix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bae146.avrorj85.arp.750pix.jpg/330px-Bae146.avrorj85.arp.750pix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bae146.avrorj85.arp.750pix.jpg/440px-Bae146.avrorj85.arp.750pix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>SN Brussels Airlines <a href="/wiki/BAe_146" class="mw-redirect" title="BAe 146">BAe 146</a> in the former Sabena livery at <a href="/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="London Heathrow Airport">London Heathrow Airport</a> in 2002.</figcaption></figure> <p>After an airline recession and the effects on the airline industry of the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a> in 2001, all airlines that flew across the Atlantic suffered. Swissair had pledged to invest millions in Sabena but failed to do so, partly because the airline had financial problems itself, having filed for bankruptcy protection one month prior. Sabena filed for legal protection against its creditors on 3 October, and went into liquidation on 6 November 2001. <a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaffart" title="Fred Chaffart">Fred Chaffart</a>, chairman of the board of directors of Sabena, read a declaration on this day to explain the decision. </p><p>7 November 2001 was the final day of operations for Sabena. Flight 690 (operated by an <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340-311" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A340-311">Airbus A340-311</a> registered as OO-SCZ) from <a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a>, Ivory Coast and <a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a>, Benin, was the last Sabena flight to land in Brussels.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flight had 266 passengers and eleven crew members. </p><p>A group of investors managed to take over <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>, one of Sabena's subsidiaries, and transformed it into <a href="/wiki/SN_Brussels_Airlines" title="SN Brussels Airlines">SN Brussels Airlines</a>. That airline merged with <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Express" title="Virgin Express">Virgin Express</a> in 2006 to form a new company, <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airlines" title="Brussels Airlines">Brussels Airlines</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Parliament">Belgian Parliament</a> formed a committee to investigate the reasons behind the bankruptcy of Sabena and the involvement of Switzerland's flag carrier. At the same time, the company's administrator investigated possible legal steps against Swissair, and its successors in interest <a href="/wiki/Swiss_International_Air_Lines" title="Swiss International Air Lines">Swiss International Air Lines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lufthansa" title="Lufthansa">Lufthansa</a>. </p><p>In 2006, the Belgian government, a former major shareholder, filed criminal charges against the former Swissair management. The former Swissair management was condemned by the judges.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 January 2007 the Belgian - Flemish news program <i>Terzake</i> reported that during the 1990s, several members of the board were paid large sums illegally through a Sabena affiliate in <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>. When Paul Reutlinger became the CEO of the company, he stopped the illegal payments. <i>Terzake</i> went on to state that this might explain why the Belgian board members remained quiet when it became apparent Swissair was exploiting Sabena and eventually drove the company into bankruptcy. </p><p>The reasons for the bankruptcy of Sabena are numerous. One of the direct causes was <a href="/wiki/Swissair" title="Swissair">Swissair</a> not living up to their contractual obligations and failing to inject necessary funds into the company. This was because at the time Swissair was having its own financial problems. In the so-called "Hotel Agreement", signed on July 17, 2001, Belgian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Guy_Verhofstadt" title="Guy Verhofstadt">Guy Verhofstadt</a> met with Swissair boss <a href="/wiki/Mario_Corti_(manager)" title="Mario Corti (manager)">Mario Corti</a>, who agreed to inject €258 million into Sabena, but the sum was never paid. The purchase of 34 new <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320_family" title="Airbus A320 family">Airbus A320 family</a> planes, imposed under Swissair's management, was a burden with which Sabena could not cope.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the bankruptcy, a parliamentary commission in Belgium was established to investigate the demise of the airline. The Belgian politicians got a part of the blame; <a href="/wiki/Rik_Daems" title="Rik Daems">Rik Daems</a>, who, at the time, was Minister of Public Enterprises and Participations, Telecommunication and Middle Classes, received the most criticism due to his lack of effort. Swissair itself went bankrupt in October 2001 and was liquidated in March 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Destinations">Destinations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Destinations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The flight schedule of Sabena published in March 2001 comprised 33 cities in Europe, 17 in Africa, 6 in North America, and 4 in Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to its air destinations, Sabena also had a ground shuttle service between <a href="/wiki/Valenciennes" title="Valenciennes">Valenciennes</a>, France, and <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sabena's fleet consisted of the following aircraft at the time of the bankruptcy in November 2001:<sup id="cite_ref-fleet_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fleet-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"> <caption>Sabena fleet </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Aircraft </th> <th rowspan="2">In <br /> service </th> <th rowspan="2">Orders </th> <th colspan="3">Passengers </th> <th rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th><abbr title="Business Class">C</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Economy Class">Y</abbr> </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A319-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A319-100">Airbus A319-100</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>— </td> <td>131 </td> <td>131 </td> <td>On order but never delivered. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A320-200">Airbus A320-200</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>156 </td> <td>156 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A321-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A321-200">Airbus A321-200</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>188 </td> <td>188 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A330-200">Airbus A330-200</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>— </td> <td>54 </td> <td>187 </td> <td>241 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A330-300">Airbus A330-300</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>— </td> <td>50 </td> <td>222 </td> <td>272 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A340-200">Airbus A340-200</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>— </td> <td>54 </td> <td>198 </td> <td>252 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A340-300">Airbus A340-300</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>242 </td> <td>294 </td> <td>On order but never delivered. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737-300">Boeing 737-300</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>126 </td> <td>126 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-200">Boeing 747-200</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>111 </td> <td>111 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11" title="McDonnell Douglas MD-11">McDonnell Douglas MD-11</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>— </td> <td>48 </td> <td>249 </td> <td>297 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/CityBird" title="CityBird">CityBird</a>.<br />Last passenger version delivered in 1998. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>53 </th> <th>13 </th> <th colspan="4"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>During the time of the airline's existence, Sabena also operated these aircraft:<sup id="cite_ref-fleet_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fleet-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"> <caption>Sabena historical fleet </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Aircraft </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Introduced </th> <th>Retired </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III" title="Aérospatiale Alouette III">Aérospatiale Alouette III</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A310-200">Airbus A310-200</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1984 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A310-300">Airbus A310-300</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ansaldo_A.300" title="Ansaldo A.300">Ansaldo A.300</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1925 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.4" title="Airco DH.4">Airco DH.4</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1926 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-12V" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonov An-12V">Antonov An-12V</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Bulgarian_Airlines" title="Balkan Bulgarian Airlines">Balkan Bulgarian Airlines</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ATR_72-200" class="mw-redirect" title="ATR 72-200">ATR 72-200</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Schreiner_Airways" title="Schreiner Airways">Schreiner Airways</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Auster_Autocrat" title="Auster Autocrat">Auster Autocrat</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Avro_RJ85" class="mw-redirect" title="Avro RJ85">Avro RJ85</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td rowspan="2">Operated by <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Avro_RJ100" class="mw-redirect" title="Avro RJ100">Avro RJ100</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BAC_One-Eleven" title="BAC One-Eleven">BAC One-Eleven Series 500</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/European_Aviation_Air_Charter" title="European Aviation Air Charter">European Aviation Air Charter</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_World_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="British World Airlines">British World Airlines</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bell_47" title="Bell 47">Bell 47D-1</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>1954 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bell_47" title="Bell 47">Bell 47H</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_19" title="Bréguet 19">Bréguet 19</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BAe_146" class="mw-redirect" title="BAe 146">British Aerospace BAe-146-200</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace_Jetstream_31" class="mw-redirect" title="British Aerospace Jetstream 31">British Aerospace Jetstream 31</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_65" class="mw-redirect" title="Beechcraft 65">Beechcraft 65</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_99" class="mw-redirect" title="Beechcraft 99">Beechcraft 99</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td>1986 </td> <td>Operated by Publi-Air. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%A9riot-SPAD_S.33" title="Blériot-SPAD S.33">Blériot-SPAD S.33</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1926 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707-320" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 707-320">Boeing 707-320</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>1959 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707-320C" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 707-320C">Boeing 707-320C</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>1965 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707-420" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 707-420">Boeing 707-420</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td>Leased from Geminair </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_727-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 727-100">Boeing 727-100</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_727-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 727-200">Boeing 727-200</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737-200">Boeing 737-200</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>1974 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737-400" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737-400">Boeing 737-400</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-100">Boeing 747-100</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td rowspan="2">Leased from <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747-100SCD</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-200M" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-200M">Boeing 747-200M</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-300">Boeing 747-300</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1986 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Freighter" title="Bristol Freighter">Bristol Freighter</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>1966 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Air_Charter_Limited" title="Air Charter Limited">Air Charter Limited</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Britten-Norman_BN-2_Islander" title="Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander">Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td>1975 </td> <td>Operated by Publi-Air. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cessna_172M" class="mw-redirect" title="Cessna 172M">Cessna 172M</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cessna_310" title="Cessna 310">Cessna 310</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>1982 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Convair_CV-240" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair CV-240">Convair CV-240</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>1949 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Convair_CV-440" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair CV-440">Convair CV-440</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.9" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland DH.9">de Havilland DH.9</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1931 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">de Havilland DH.50</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1927 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.82_Tiger_Moth" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth">de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.89_Dragon_Rapide" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide">de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1949 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.104_Dove" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland DH.104 Dove">de Havilland DH.104 Dove</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.114_Heron" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland DH.114 Heron">de Havilland DH.114 Heron</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/Belgian_International_Air_Services" title="Belgian International Air Services">Belgian International Air Services</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter">de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1973 </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>Operated by Publi-Air </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_8" title="De Havilland Canada Dash 8">De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Schreiner_Airways" title="Schreiner Airways">Schreiner Airways</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_8" title="De Havilland Canada Dash 8">De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>1969 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>1969 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-4" title="Douglas DC-4">Douglas DC-4</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-7C" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas DC-7C">Douglas DC-7C</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Embraer_EMB_120_Brasilia" title="Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia">Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Embraer_EMB_121_Xingu" title="Embraer EMB 121 Xingu">Embraer EMB 121 Xingu</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Operated by Belgian Flying School. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Farman_F.60_Goliath" title="Farman F.60 Goliath">Farman F.60 Goliath</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1929 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_FH-227B" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairchild FH-227B">Fairchild FH-227B</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Swearingen_Metroliner" title="Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner">Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/European_Air_Transport_(Belgium)" title="European Air Transport (Belgium)">European Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>Operated by Publi-Air. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.II" title="Fokker F.II">Fokker F.II</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1927 </td> <td>1937 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.VII" title="Fokker F.VII">Fokker F.VII</a> </td> <td>28 </td> <td>1929 </td> <td>1946 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-27_Friendship" class="mw-redirect" title="Fokker F-27 Friendship">Fokker F-27 Friendship</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1969 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-28_Fellowship" class="mw-redirect" title="Fokker F-28 Fellowship">Fokker F-28 Fellowship</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>Operated by <a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Transport" title="Delta Air Transport">Delta Air Transport</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fokker_50" title="Fokker 50">Fokker 50</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Maersk_Air" title="Maersk Air">Maersk Air</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ppingen_G%C3%B6_4" title="Göppingen Gö 4">Göppingen Gö 4</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Type_W" title="Handley Page Type W">Handley Page W.8F</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1935 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Junkers_F_13" title="Junkers F 13">Junkers F 13</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1929 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Junkers Ju 52</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1946 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_14_Super_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra">Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1942 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>1941 </td> <td>1949 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1049_Super_Constellation" title="Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation">Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1958 </td> <td>1958 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Seaboard_World_Airlines" title="Seaboard World Airlines">Seaboard World Airlines</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MBB/Kawasaki_BK_117" title="MBB/Kawasaki BK 117">MBB/Kawasaki BK 117</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10-30" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30">McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10-30CF" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF">McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1974 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piper_L-4_Grasshopper" class="mw-redirect" title="Piper L-4 Grasshopper">Piper L-4 Grasshopper</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piper_PA-32_Cherokee_Six" title="Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six">Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piper_PA-34_Seneca" title="Piper PA-34 Seneca">Piper PA-34 Seneca</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rumpler_C.IV" title="Rumpler C.IV">Rumpler C.IV</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>1929 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saab_91_Safir" title="Saab 91 Safir">Saab 91 Safir</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SABCA_S.2" title="SABCA S.2">SABCA S.2</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1926 </td> <td>1933 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.73" class="mw-redirect" title="Savoia-Marchetti SM.73">Savoia-Marchetti SM.73</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>1935 </td> <td>1940 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.83" title="Savoia-Marchetti SM.83">Savoia-Marchetti SM.83</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>1940 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scheibe_Spatz" title="Scheibe Spatz">Scheibe Spatz</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>1965 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Schleicher_Ka_2_Rh%C3%B6nschwalbe" title="Schleicher Ka 2 Rhönschwalbe">Schleicher Ka 2 Rhönschwalbe</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SIAI-Marchetti_SF.260" title="SIAI-Marchetti SF.260">SIAI-Marchetti SF.260</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>1991 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-55" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky S-55">Sikorsky S-55</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-58" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky S-58">Sikorsky S-58</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-62" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky S-62">Sikorsky S-62</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1960 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle" title="Sud Aviation Caravelle">Sud Aviation Caravelle</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td>1977 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vertol_44" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertol 44">Vertol 44</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1958 </td> <td>1958 </td> <td>Leased from <a href="/wiki/Vertol_Aircraft_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertol Aircraft Corporation">Vertol Aircraft Corporation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Westland_IV" title="Westland IV">Westland IV</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1930 </td> <td>1935 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>7 December 1934</b>: At least two SABENA aircraft were destroyed in a hangar fire at <a href="/wiki/Haren_Airport" title="Haren Airport">Haren Airport</a> as a result of a crash of a military <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Fox" title="Fairey Fox">Fairey Fox</a> biplane.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flights_to_or_from_Europe">Flights to or from Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Flights to or from Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>11 September 1930</b>: A SABCA F7b/3m (OO-AIN) lost control and crashed shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport following an unexplained in-flight fire, killing both pilots.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>10 December 1935</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_S.73" title="Savoia-Marchetti S.73">Savoia-Marchetti S.73</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">registered</a> OO-AGN) <a href="/wiki/1935_SABENA_Savoia-Marchetti_S.73_crash" title="1935 SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crash">crashed</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tatsfield" title="Tatsfield">Tatsfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, United Kingdom, with the loss of 11 lives.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>4 January 1937</b>: <a href="/wiki/Max_Wenner" title="Max Wenner">Max Wenner</a> disappeared from a Savoia Marchetti S.73 (registration OO-AGP) over Belgium; the plane itself was dismantled and hauled away by the Germans shortly after <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">invasion of Belgium in 1940</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>16 November 1937</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Junkers Ju 52/3m</a> (registered OO-AUB) <a href="/wiki/1937_Sabena_Junkers_Ju_52_Ostend_crash" title="1937 Sabena Junkers Ju 52 Ostend crash">crashed near Ostend</a>, Belgium, while landing, killing all 12 people on board.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>10 October 1938</b>: A Savoia-Marchetti S.73 (OO-AGT) broke up in mid-air over Soest, Germany en route to Berlin from Düsseldorf, killing all 20 on board.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>14 March 1939</b>: A Junkers Ju 52/3mge (OO-AUA) crashed in a field at Sint-Stevens-Woluwe due to pilot error, killing the three crew. The aircraft was operating a cargo (mail) from London to Brussels.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>17 September 1946</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-AUR) crashed upon takeoff from <a href="/wiki/Haren_Airport" title="Haren Airport">Haren Airport</a>, killing one crew member. The other two crew and four passengers on board the flight bound for <a href="/wiki/Croydon_Airport" title="Croydon Airport">Croydon Airport</a> survived. The aircraft had lost airspeed on takeoff for unknown reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PBY_over_DC-4_crashsite_Newfoundland_1946.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/PBY_over_DC-4_crashsite_Newfoundland_1946.jpeg/220px-PBY_over_DC-4_crashsite_Newfoundland_1946.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/PBY_over_DC-4_crashsite_Newfoundland_1946.jpeg/330px-PBY_over_DC-4_crashsite_Newfoundland_1946.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/PBY_over_DC-4_crashsite_Newfoundland_1946.jpeg/440px-PBY_over_DC-4_crashsite_Newfoundland_1946.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="994" /></a><figcaption>The crash site of the DC-4 in <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)" title="Newfoundland (island)">Newfoundland</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>18 September 1946</b>: 27 people died when a SABENA <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-4" title="Douglas DC-4">Douglas DC-4</a> (OO-CBG) crashed 35 km short of <a href="/wiki/Gander_International_Airport" title="Gander International Airport">Gander, Newfoundland</a>, where the aircraft planned to land for a refueling stop on the flight from Brussels to New York. At the time of the accident, there was dense fog near the airport, and the pilot executed a flawed approach at too low an altitude. There were 17 survivors (16 passengers and one crew). The dead remain buried on location beside the remains of the wreck of the aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2 March 1948</b>: The 19 passengers and three crew members on a flight from Brussels to London died when a <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> registered OO-AWH, <a href="/wiki/1948_Heathrow_disaster" title="1948 Heathrow disaster">crashed</a> on approach to <a href="/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="London Heathrow Airport">London Heathrow Airport</a> in low visibility conditions.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>18 December 1949</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-AUQ) <a href="/wiki/1949_Sabena_DC-3_Crash" title="1949 Sabena DC-3 Crash">crashed</a> near <a href="/wiki/Aulnay-sous-Bois" title="Aulnay-sous-Bois">Aulnay-sous-Bois</a>, France, killing the four passengers and four crew on board. The aircraft had just left <a href="/wiki/Le_Bourget_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Bourget Airport">Le Bourget Airport</a> for a flight to Brussels, when a wing separated.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>14 October 1953</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Convair_CV-240_family" title="Convair CV-240 family">Convair CV-240</a> (registered OO-AWQ) <a href="/wiki/1953_Sabena_Convair_CV-240_crash" title="1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash">crashed</a> near <a href="/wiki/Kelsterbach" title="Kelsterbach">Kelsterbach</a>, West Germany, killing the 40 passengers and four crew aboard the flight from <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a> to Brussels. Engine power was lost upon takeoff from <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport" title="Frankfurt Airport">Frankfurt Airport</a>, making the aircraft impossible to control. The accident remains the deadliest involving the Convair 240.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>19 December 1953</b>: One passenger on board a flight from Brussels to <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a> was killed when the aircraft (a CV-240 registered OO-AWO) hit the ground 2.5 km short of the runway threshold of <a href="/wiki/Zurich_Airport" title="Zurich Airport">Kloten Airport</a>. In low visibility conditions, the pilot descended below the <a href="/wiki/Instrument_landing_system" title="Instrument landing system">glidepath</a>. The other 39 passengers and three crew members survived the accident.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>3 June 1954</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-CBY) was <a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Sabena_DC-3_Shootdown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Sabena DC-3 Shootdown (page does not exist)">attacked</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beschuss_einer_Douglas_C-47_der_Sabena_bei_Maribor" class="extiw" title="de:Beschuss einer Douglas C-47 der Sabena bei Maribor">de</a>]</span> by a <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15</a> fighter aircraft near <a href="/wiki/Maribor" title="Maribor">Maribor</a>, Yugoslavia. The aircraft, on a cargo flight from <a href="/wiki/Blackbushe_Airport" title="Blackbushe Airport">Blackbushe Airport</a> to <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, remained airborne, and a forced landing at <a href="/wiki/Graz_Airport" title="Graz Airport">Graz Airport</a> was carried out, during which it ran off the runway. In the incident, one out of the four people on board was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>13 February 1955</b>: The pilots of <a href="/wiki/Sabena_Flight_503" title="Sabena Flight 503">Flight 503</a> from Brussels to Rome lost orientation when approaching <a href="/wiki/Ciampino%E2%80%93G._B._Pastine_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport">Ciampino Airport</a>, resulting in the Douglas DC-6 registered OO-SDB crashing into the slope of <a href="/wiki/Monte_Terminillo" title="Monte Terminillo">Monte Terminillo</a>, killing the 21 passengers and eight crew on board.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>15 February 1961</b>: The crash of <a href="/wiki/Sabena_Flight_548" title="Sabena Flight 548">Flight 548</a> with its 73 casualties marked the worst accident in the history of SABENA. The aircraft, a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a> registered OO-SJB, crashed at <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a> at the end of a flight from <a href="/wiki/Idlewild_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Idlewild Airport">New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the dead were the entire American delegation to the 1961 <a href="/wiki/World_Figure_Skating_Championships" title="World Figure Skating Championships">World Figure Skating Championships</a> slated to be held in <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>; the competition was canceled in the aftermath.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>13 July 1968</b>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena_Flight_712&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sabena Flight 712 (page does not exist)">Flight 712</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol_Sabena_712" class="extiw" title="fr:Vol Sabena 712">fr</a>; <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena-vlucht_712" class="extiw" title="nl:Sabena-vlucht 712">nl</a>]</span>, a cargo-configured 707 (registered OO-SJK) crashed upon approach to <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport" title="Murtala Muhammed International Airport">Lagos Airport</a> in Nigeria on a flight from Brussels, killing the seven occupants. It was determined that the aircraft descended too low and struck trees.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>9 May 1970</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-AUX) was damaged beyond repair in a ground accident at <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Airport_Schiphol" title="Amsterdam Airport Schiphol">Amsterdam Airport Schiphol</a>. The pilots began to taxi the aircraft even though they had not been cleared to do so, which resulted in the right propeller hitting an obstacle on the ground, and debris destroying the airliner beyond economic repair. The aircraft had been leased from Delta Air Transport.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>8 May 1972</b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Sabena_Flight_571_hijacking" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabena Flight 571 hijacking">Flight 571</a></b> from Vienna to <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a> with 101 people on board (a Boeing 707 registered OO-SJG) was hijacked by four members of the terrorist organization <a href="/wiki/Black_September_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black September (group)">Black September</a>, in order to secure the release of 315 detainees from Israeli prisons. At <a href="/wiki/Ben-Gurion_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben-Gurion International Airport">Ben-Gurion International Airport</a>, two hijackers were shot and killed by the Israeli <i><a href="/wiki/Sayeret_Matkal" title="Sayeret Matkal">Sayeret Matkal</a></i> special forces. One passenger died later of the wounds she had suffered in the shootout.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-707_OO-SJE_Sabena_F145-21-b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/B-707_OO-SJE_Sabena_F145-21-b.jpg/220px-B-707_OO-SJE_Sabena_F145-21-b.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/B-707_OO-SJE_Sabena_F145-21-b.jpg/330px-B-707_OO-SJE_Sabena_F145-21-b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/B-707_OO-SJE_Sabena_F145-21-b.jpg/440px-B-707_OO-SJE_Sabena_F145-21-b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1859" data-file-height="1183" /></a><figcaption>The wreck of the Boeing 707 (OO-SJE) at <a href="/wiki/Tenerife_North_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenerife North Airport">Tenerife North Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>15 February 1978</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a> (registered OO-SJE) undershot the runway at <a href="/wiki/Tenerife_North_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenerife North Airport">Los Rodeos Airport</a>, causing the nose gear to collapse, at the end of a chartered holiday flight from Brussels with 189 passengers and seven crew on board. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely but the spilled fuel caught fire, destroying the aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>4 April 1978</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737-200">Boeing 737-200</a> (registered OO-SDH) on a training flight suffered a <a href="/wiki/Bird_strike" title="Bird strike">bird strike</a> during a practice landing at <a href="/wiki/Brussels_South_Charleroi_Airport" title="Brussels South Charleroi Airport">Charleroi Airport</a>. The pilot instructor attempted to get the aircraft airborne again, but failed because of insufficient remaining runway. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>29 August 1998</b>: Flight 542 from New York to Brussels with 248 passengers and 11 crew members on board, an <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A340-200">Airbus A340-200</a> (registered OO-SCW), suffered a broken right landing gear upon landing at Brussels Airport. The aircraft veered off the runway. There were no notable injuries in the ensuing evacuation, and the aircraft was repaired. Main gear metal fatigue was blamed for the incident. <sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>13 October 2000</b>: Flight 689 from Brussels to <a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a> was hijacked by a Nigerian national who was due to be deported. The <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A330-200">Airbus A330-200</a> with 146 other passengers and 11 crew members on board was forced to land at <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1laga_Airport" title="Málaga Airport">Málaga Airport</a> in Spain, where the perpetrator was overpowered by local police forces.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>4 December 2000</b>: <a href="/wiki/Sabena_Flight_877" title="Sabena Flight 877">Flight 877</a> from Brussels to <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>, Kenya, via <a href="/wiki/Bujumbura" title="Bujumbura">Bujumbura</a>, Burundi, was struck by machine gun fire as it approached Bujumbura. Bullets had injured a passenger and cabin crew member. One engine also suffered damage. The Airbus A330-200 registered OO-SFR , carrying 170 passengers and crew, was struck in an attack blamed by the government on Hutu rebels, who denied responsibility. The aircraft landed safely but did not continue the flight. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. <sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flights_in_the_Belgian_colonies">Flights in the Belgian colonies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Flights in the Belgian colonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>26 January 1937</b>: A SABCA S.73 (OO-AGR) crashed south of Oran-es Senia Airport, Algeria during a round trip from Belgium to Belgian Congo, killing all 12 on board. During the flight back to Belgium the aircraft was approaching Oran for an en route stop. Witnesses noticed the aircraft flying at 1,000 m (3,300 ft) when it went into a sudden nosedive until it crashed. The cause was not determined, but bad weather and engine problems were ruled out. Several recommendations were issued in the wake of the accident: the center of gravity and baggage requirements are checked to ensure proper load distribution, ensure adequate maintenance and inspection personnel are available in the Congo and ports of call, review maximum hours of piloting to avoid fatigue as well as provide use of the autopilot, require seat belts for pilots, ensure all security measures are taken for crossing the Mediterranean, and to install more cockpit instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1 January 1943</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Junkers Ju 52</a> (registered OO-AUG) crashed 80 mi from <a href="/wiki/Bangui" title="Bangui">Bangui</a> in then <a href="/wiki/French_Equatorial_Africa" title="French Equatorial Africa">French Equatorial Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>25 March 1944</b> A Junkers Ju 52/3mge (OO-AGU) crashed at Costermansville (now <a href="/wiki/Bukavu" title="Bukavu">Bukavu</a>), <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>3 April 1944</b>: A Junkers Ju 52/3mge (OO-AUF) crashed nearby at Mongena.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>14 December 1945</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar</a> (registered OO-CAK) caught fire and was subsequently destroyed following a forced landing near <a href="/wiki/Kouand%C3%A9" title="Kouandé">Kouandé</a> during a flight that had originated at <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>, Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>7 January 1947</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-CBO) crashed near Costermansville.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>24 December 1947</b>: A Lockheed Lodestar (registered OO-CAR) experienced an engine failure shortly after take-off from an airfield near <a href="/wiki/Mitwaba" title="Mitwaba">Mitwaba</a>, then French Congo, and subsequently crashed, killing the five occupants on board.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>12 May 1948</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-4" title="Douglas DC-4">Douglas DC-4</a> (registered OO-CBE) <a href="/wiki/1948_Sabena_DC-4_Crash" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Sabena DC-4 Crash">crashed</a> near Magazini after flying into a tornado at low altitude during a scheduled passenger flight from Léopoldville (now <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Libenge" title="Libenge">Libenge</a>, then Belgian Congo, killing the 24 passengers and seven crew members; only one passenger survived.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>31 August 1948</b>: Another 13 people (ten passengers, three crew) were killed when their aircraft, a <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-UBL), <a href="/wiki/1948_Sabena_Douglas_C-47_crash" title="1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash">crashed</a> near Kimbwe en route to Elizabethville (now <a href="/wiki/Lubumbashi" title="Lubumbashi">Lubumbashi</a>) from <a href="/wiki/Manono,_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Manono, Democratic Republic of the Congo">Manono</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>27 August 1949</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-CBK) experienced a loss of engine power shortly after take-off from <a href="/wiki/N%27Dolo_Airport" title="N'Dolo Airport">Leopoldville Airport</a> for a flight to Elizabethville (now <a href="/wiki/Lubumbashi" title="Lubumbashi">Lubumbashi</a>), with 17 passengers and three crew on board. The three crew members and two out of the seventeen passengers on board died in the ensuing <a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Sabena_DC-4_Crash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 Sabena DC-4 Crash (page does not exist)">crash</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugunfall_der_Sabena_bei_L%C3%A9opoldville" class="extiw" title="de:Flugunfall der Sabena bei Léopoldville">de</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>24 July 1951</b>: The right engine of a cargo-configured <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a> (registered OO-CBA) failed on takeoff from <a href="/wiki/Gao_International_Airport" title="Gao International Airport">Gao Airfield</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Sabena_DC-3_Crash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Sabena DC-3 Crash (page does not exist)">crashed</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugunfall_der_Sabena_bei_Gao" class="extiw" title="de:Flugunfall der Sabena bei Gao">de</a>]</span>, resulting in the loss of lives of the three persons on board. The engine failed due to hydraulic failure; hydraulic fluid squirted on the windshield, temporarily blinding the pilots who then lost control of the aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>4 February 1952</b>: <b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena_Flight_425&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sabena Flight 425 (page does not exist)">Flight 425</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena-Flug_425" class="extiw" title="de:Sabena-Flug 425">de</a>]</span></b>, a C-47A (registered OO-CBA), crashed in the Dibata forest some 20 km (12 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Kikwit" title="Kikwit">Kikwit</a> en route from Costermansville to Léopoldville after a blade broke off the right side propeller and cut through the fuselage, severing control cables and resulting in a loss of control, killing all 16 on board. The propeller blade broke off following a shaft failure when the number two engine stopped suddenly after the piston lug on the No. 6 cylinder failed due to fatigue.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>18 May 1958</b>: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-7" title="Douglas DC-7">Douglas DC-7</a> (registered OO-SFA) suffered a problem with its leftmost engine, whilst on a flight from <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a> to Léopoldville with 56 passengers and nine crew members. The pilots prepared for an emergency landing at <a href="/wiki/Casablanca%E2%80%93Anfa_Airport" title="Casablanca–Anfa Airport">Casablanca–Anfa Airport</a>, but shortly before touchdown, a <a href="/wiki/Go-around" title="Go-around">go-around</a> was attempted, which resulted in a <a href="/wiki/Stall_(flight)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stall (flight)">stall</a> because of the lesser available engine power. The aircraft crashed into buildings and caught fire, from which only four passengers could be saved alive.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_DC-7C_OO-SFC_Sabena_RWY_18.08.62_edited-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Douglas_DC-7C_OO-SFC_Sabena_RWY_18.08.62_edited-3.jpg/220px-Douglas_DC-7C_OO-SFC_Sabena_RWY_18.08.62_edited-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Douglas_DC-7C_OO-SFC_Sabena_RWY_18.08.62_edited-3.jpg/330px-Douglas_DC-7C_OO-SFC_Sabena_RWY_18.08.62_edited-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Douglas_DC-7C_OO-SFC_Sabena_RWY_18.08.62_edited-3.jpg/440px-Douglas_DC-7C_OO-SFC_Sabena_RWY_18.08.62_edited-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="662" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-7C" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas DC-7C">Douglas DC-7C</a> similar to this one crashed in 1958 at <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a> due to a mechanical failure.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Aviacionavion.png/28px-Aviacionavion.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Aviacionavion.png/42px-Aviacionavion.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Aviacionavion.png/56px-Aviacionavion.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Aviation" title="Portal:Aviation">Aviation portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sabena_technics" title="Sabena technics">Sabena technics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Von Schreiber, Sylvia. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1958+crash+at+the+Aviation+Safety+Network&rft.pub=Aviation-safety.net&rft.date=1958-05-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19580518-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASabena" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWulf1990" class="citation journal cs1">Wulf, Herman de (August–November 1990). "An Airline at War". <i><a href="/wiki/Air_Enthusiast" title="Air Enthusiast">Air Enthusiast</a></i> (13): 72–77. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Air+Enthusiast&rft.atitle=An+Airline+at+War&rft.issue=13&rft.pages=72-77&rft.date=1990-08%2F1990-11&rft.issn=0143-5450&rft.aulast=Wulf&rft.aufirst=Herman+de&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASabena" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaylorAlting1980" class="citation journal cs1">Taylor, H. A. & Alting, Peter (April–July 1980). "Fokker's 'Lucky Seven'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>". <i>Air Enthusiast</i> (12): 24–38. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Air+Enthusiast&rft.atitle=Fokker%27s+%27Lucky+Seven%27&rft.issue=12&rft.pages=24-38&rft.date=1980-04%2F1980-07&rft.issn=0143-5450&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=H.+A.&rft.au=Alting%2C+Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASabena" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVanthemsche2002" class="citation book cs1">Vanthemsche, Guy (2002). <i>La Sabena: L'Aviation Commerciale Belge, 1923 - 2001, des Origines au Crash</i> (1st ed.). Brussels: De Boeck Univ. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782804139810" title="Special:BookSources/9782804139810"><bdi>9782804139810</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=La+Sabena%3A+L%27Aviation+Commerciale+Belge%2C+1923+-+2001%2C+des+Origines+au+Crash&rft.place=Brussels&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=De+Boeck+Univ.&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=9782804139810&rft.aulast=Vanthemsche&rft.aufirst=Guy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASabena" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVanthemsche2000" class="citation journal cs1">Vanthemsche, Guy (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_2000_num_78_3_4471?">"The Birth of Commercial Air Transport in Belgium (1919-1923)"</a>. <i>Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire</i>. <b>78</b> (3): 913–44. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3406%2Frbph.2000.4471">10.3406/rbph.2000.4471</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Revue+belge+de+philologie+et+d%27histoire&rft.atitle=The+Birth+of+Commercial+Air+Transport+in+Belgium+%281919-1923%29&rft.volume=78&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=913-44&rft.date=2000&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3406%2Frbph.2000.4471&rft.aulast=Vanthemsche&rft.aufirst=Guy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.persee.fr%2Fdoc%2Frbph_0035-0818_2000_num_78_3_4471%3F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASabena" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabena&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sabena" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Sabena">Sabena</a> at Wikimedia Commons </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sabena.com">Sabena</a> (Archive)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/sabenaindia.com">Sabena India</a> (Archive)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sabenatechnics.com">Sabena Technics</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfa.be">Sabena Flight Academy</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sabeniens.com">Sabeniens</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.svagroup.org/sabena/">Official Virtual Airline</a></li> <li>Gumbel, Peter. 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