SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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11/1997 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: this A340 of Sabena arrived as "F-GNIB" in full colors at Brussels on June 25 1996 after spending the previous three years with Air France + a brief lease to Lufthansa. The following day it came in the Belgian register, here depicted in the first (of two) color scheme(s) with additional "Flying together with Swissair" titles. |
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29/07/1996 Location: AGP/LEMG Photo: collection Skystef Description: with additional sticker of a Smurf cartoon near the cockpit. |
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29/08/1998 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Mike Parsons Description: on August 29 1998, it was victim of a landing accident at Brussels Airport. Credit to Mike Parsons, who was the one to witness and capture the event on film and was so kind to provide the material for showing on this site. Arrival on runway 25L of flight SN542 from New York, nothing seemed wrong. |
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29/08/1998 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Mike Parsons Description: collapse of the right main gear. |
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29/08/1998 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Mike Parsons Description: full breaks on and her right side scraping the runway. Notice the damage on right horizontal stabilizer and elevator. |
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29/08/1998 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Mike Parsons Description: airframe was steered by pilots to the right, into grass to avoid possible firework by further scraping. |
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29/08/1998 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Mike Parsons Description: escape slides out and all 265 occupants were safely evacuated. |
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13/08/1999 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: after the necessary repairs during November 1998, it was the first airframe being rolled out in the new color scheme. Between March and May 2000 it wore additional dark blue "Khalifa" titles promoting a possible sale to the Libyan carrier, but this action was blocked by the Belgian government. On June 23 2000 it was stored at Chateauroux (all white and no titles). |
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09/2000 Location: ORY/LFPO Photo: Frank Bouniol Description: between August 17 and September 15 2000, it was briefly leased to AOM French Airlines in white colors but retaining the Belgian registration. |
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08/04/2001 Location: NRT/RJAA Photo: collection Skystef Description: on November 7 2000 it became again operational for Sabena in (the old) white colors (without billboard titles), till its demise on November 7 2001. |