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*On 29 August 1998, '''Flight 542''' from New York to Brussels with 248 passengers and 11 crew members on board, an [[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-200]] (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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980829-1 |title=1998 incident at the Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=1998-08-29 |accessdate=2014-07-23}}</ref>
*On 13 October 2000, '''Flight 689''' from Brussels to [[Abidjan]] was hijacked by a Nigerian national who was due to be deported. The [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-200]] with 146 other passengers and 11 crew members on board was forced to land at [[Málaga Airport]] in Spain, where the perpetrator was overpowered by local police forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20001013-0 |title=2000 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=2000-10-13 |accessdate=2014-07-23}}</ref>
*On 4 December 2000, a flight from Brussels to [[Nairobi]], Kenya, via [[Bujumbura]], Burundi, was struck by machine gun fire as it approached Bujumbura, injuring a passenger and crew member. The Airbus A330, 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eismont |first=Maria |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=118608 |title=Gunfire Damages Sabena Jet in Burundi, abc News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date= |accessdate=2014-07-23}}</ref>
===Flights in the Belgian colonies===
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