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Sabena accidents and incidents

Occurrences where an aircraft's operator is Sabena. Spellings and company suffixes are merged.

19 records from 1935 to 2000, 18 of them fatal. Most often a Douglas DC-3; most often in Belgium.

Occurrences1918 accidents · 1 incidents · 15 mapped
Fatal occurrences18Fatality total known for 19 of 19
Reported fatalities384Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Years1935–200010 Dec 1935 – 4 Dec 2000

By year

Sabena: occurrences by year
YearOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
19351 occurrences in 1935, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).111
19371 occurrences in 1937, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).112
19381 occurrences in 1938, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).120
19461 occurrences in 1946, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).127
19483 occurrences in 1948, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).364
19492 occurrences in 1949, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).213
19511 occurrences in 1951, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).13
19521 occurrences in 1952, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).116
19531 occurrences in 1953, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).144
19541 occurrences in 1954, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).11
19551 occurrences in 1955, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).129
19581 occurrences in 1958, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).161
19611 occurrences in 1961, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).173
19681 occurrences in 1968, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).17
19721 occurrences in 1972, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).13
20001 occurrences in 2000, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1948 (3).00

Aircraft types

Sabena: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Douglas DC-36653
Boeing 7073383
Douglas DC-42258
Airbus A330100
Convair CV-2401144
Douglas C-471113
Douglas DC-61129
Douglas DC-71161
Junkers JU-521112
Savoia Marchetti S-731111

Countries

Sabena: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
BelgiumBelgium: 3 occurrences, 15.8% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.15.8%398
UnknownUnknown: 3 occurrences, 15.8% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).15.8%352
GermanyGermany: 2 occurrences, 10.5% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).10.5%264
United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 2 occurrences, 10.5% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).10.5%231
BurundiBurundi: 1 occurrences, 5.3% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).5.3%00
CanadaCanada: 1 occurrences, 5.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).5.3%127
FranceFrance: 1 occurrences, 5.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).5.3%18
French West AfricaFrench West Africa: 1 occurrences, 5.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).5.3%13
IsraelIsrael: 1 occurrences, 5.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).5.3%13
ItalyItaly: 1 occurrences, 5.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Belgium, 3).5.3%129

Deadliest occurrences

Sabena: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
Sabena Flight 54815 Feb 196173Kampenhout, near Brussels Airport, Belgium1
1958 Sabena Douglas DC-7 crash18 May 1958616 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Casablanca, Morocco1
1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash14 Oct 1953443 km north of Frankfurt1
1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash12 May 19483127 km south of Libenge1
Sabena Flight 50313 Feb 195529Monte Terminillo, Rieti, Italy1
1946 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash18 Sept 194627Gander, Newfoundland1
1948 Heathrow disaster2 Mar 194820Heathrow Airport1
Soest plane crash10 Oct 193820Günne, Soest district, Germany2
Sabena Flight 4254 Feb 195216near Kikwit, Belgian Congo1
1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash31 Aug 194813Near Kimbwe, Belgian Congo1

All occurrences

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  1. Sabena Flight 877

    4 Dec 2000 · Bujumbura International Airport, Bujumbura, Burundi

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  2. Sabena Flight 571

    8 May 1972 · Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport, Lod, Israel · 3 fatal

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  3. Sabena Flight 712

    13 Jul 1968 · Near Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos · 7 fatal

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  4. Sabena Flight 548

    15 Feb 1961 · Kampenhout, near Brussels Airport, Belgium · 73 fatal

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  5. 1958 Sabena Douglas DC-7 crash

    18 May 1958 · 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Casablanca, Morocco · 61 fatal

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  6. Sabena Flight 503

    13 Feb 1955 · Monte Terminillo, Rieti, Italy · 29 fatal

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  7. Shooting at a Sabena Douglas DC-3 near Maribor

    3 Jun 1954 · 10 km south of Maribor, Yugoslavia · 1 fatal

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  8. 1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash

    14 Oct 1953 · 3 km north of Frankfurt · 44 fatal · not on the map

  9. Sabena Flight 425

    4 Feb 1952 · near Kikwit, Belgian Congo · 16 fatal

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  10. Sabena accident near Gao

    24 Jul 1951 · near Gao, French West Africa, today: Mali · 3 fatal

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  11. 1949 Sabena DC-3 Crash

    18 Dec 1949 · 4 km southeast of the Le Bourget Airport near Aulnay-sous-Bois · 8 fatal · not on the map

  12. Sabena accident near Léopoldville

    27 Aug 1949 · near Léopoldville, Belgian Congo · 5 fatal

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  13. 1948 Sabena Douglas C-47 crash

    31 Aug 1948 · Near Kimbwe, Belgian Congo · 13 fatal · not on the map

  14. 1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash

    12 May 1948 · 27 km south of Libenge · 31 fatal

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  15. 1948 Heathrow disaster

    2 Mar 1948 · Heathrow Airport · 20 fatal

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  16. 1946 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash

    18 Sept 1946 · Gander, Newfoundland · 27 fatal

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  17. Soest plane crash

    10 Oct 1938 · Günne, Soest district, Germany · 20 fatal · not on the map

  18. 1937 Ostend Sabena Junkers Ju 52 crash

    16 Nov 1937 · Ostend, Belgium · 12 fatal

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  19. 1935 SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crash

    10 Dec 1935 · Tatsfield, Surrey, England · 11 fatal

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