page_title: Brussels Airport
section_title: Accidents and incidents
hierarchical_section_title: Brussels Airport / Accidents and incidents
caption_attribution_description: English: On 25 May 2008, a Boeing 747-200F (N704CK) operated by Kalitta Air, overran the runway, crashed into a field and split in two. The five people on board were taken to hospital with four receiving minor injuries. Nederlands: Op 25 mei 2008 kwam een Boeing 747-200F (N704CK) van Kalitta Air buiten de landingsbaan terecht, belandde in een veld en brak in tweeën. De vijf inzittenden werden naar een ziekenhuis overgebracht, waar er vier lichte verwondingen bleken te hebben. Français&#160;: Le 25 mai 2008, un Boeing 747-200F (N704CK) affrété par Kalitta Air, a dépassé la piste et terminé sa course dans un champ en se coupant en deux. Les cinq personnes à bord ont été transportées à l'hôpital dont quatre avec des blessures légères.
context_page_description: Brussels Airport is an international airport 6.5 NM northeast of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. In 2019, more than 26 million passengers arrived or departed at Brussels Airport, making it the 24th busiest airport in Europe. It is located in the municipality of Zaventem in the Province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is home to around 260 companies, together directly employing 20,000 people and serves as the home base for Brussels Airlines and TUI fly Belgium.
  The company operating the airport is known as The Brussels Airport Company N.V./S.A.; before 19 October 2006, the name was BIAC, which was created by Belgian law through a merger of BATC with the ground operations departments of the RLW/RVA. Since 2011, the airport has been owned by the Toronto-based Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Macquarie Group and the Belgian State.
  On 22 March 2016 the airport's departures hall was severely damaged by two terrorist bomb blasts. The airport was closed until 3 April 2016, when it reopened with temporary facilities at less than 20% of its previous capacity. It has since returned to full operations, with a record of 90,000 passengers on 29 July 2016.
context_section_description: On 15 February 1961, Sabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707, crashed during approach on runway 20, killing all 72 people on board and one on the ground. This was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 707, resulting in the death of the entire United States Figure Skating team on its way to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia, which the International Skating Union subsequently cancelled out of respect for the team.
  Four aircraft were destroyed on 5 May 2006 when Sabena Technics' hangar 40 burned down. The aircraft were one Lockheed C-130 Hercules (Belgian Air Component) and three Airbus A320 (Armavia, Armenian International Airways and Hellas Jet).
  On 25 May 2008, Kalitta Air Flight 207, a Boeing 747-200F, overran the shorter runway 20, crashed into a field and split in three. Four of the five people on board received minor injuries.
caption: The Boeing 747 that overran the runway in 2008
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