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Caracas, Venezuela.

 

May 5. A fire erupted at the SN Technics Hangar 40 at Brussels (BRU),  
Belgium. The roof of the hangar collapsed, destroying an Armavia Airbus  
A.320 plane (EK-32010) inside. Two other planes, reportely HellasJet Airbus  
A.320 SX-BVB and Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules CH-02, were damaged. 
(aviation-safety.net) 
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Zaventem hangar fire fails to delay air safety checks  
 
BRUSSELS — Sabena Technics will resume operations at Zaventem Airport on  
Monday following a devastating fire at its main airplane maintenance hangar  
on Thursday night.  
 
The company said on Friday afternoon it will only need to seek alternative  
arrangements for large-scale aeroplane maintenance projects.  
 
Some of the large-scale maintenance projects will be conducted at shed 8 at  
the Brussels international airport.  
 
Fire destroyed hangar 8 — where the large-scale maintenance tasks were  
carried out — on Thursday night.  Four planes, including a C-130 from the  
Belgian army, were damaged or destroyed in the blaze.  
 
Sabena Technics said the financial damage cannot yet be 
 
estimated, but it is expected to extend into the billions of euros.  
 
But company director Christophe Bernandini assured clients they will  
encounter very few problems as a result of the fire.  
 
"The small-scale maintenance will proceed as normal. The planning for the  
large-scale maintenance will need to be re-examined, but we have been busy  
with that since this morning," he said.  
 
It is possible that the large-scale maintenance will be transferred to shed  
8 at Zaventem. 
"That is large enough, but we will have to equip it and gain the necessary  
certificates," Bernandini said.  
 
"Until such time, we can more than probably use other sites of Sabena  
Technics or our affiliated company TAT in France."  
 
The offices in hangar 40 also went up in flames on Thursday night.  
 
"But our central server was not in that shed so our computer system with all  
important data has been retained. We will do everything possible to respect  
our obligations," the company chief said.  
 
Some 150 people worked in hangar 40, but Sabena Technics hopes to  
redistribute them throughout the company. If jobs cannot be found for  
everyone, Sabena will provide temporary unemployment for them.  
 
It is possible that a group of workers will conduct maintenance work on army  
planes in Melsbroek. Defence Minister André Flahaut is discussing the  
matter with Sabena Technics.  
 
Sabena Technics employs 1,200 people at Zaventem, employing in total with  
TAT 2,400 workers. In 2005, the two companies recorded turnover of EUR 305  
million, EUR 120 million of which was attributed to Sabena Technics.  
 
Sabena Technics performs maintenance on most of the large planes at  
Zaventem. It is recognised by both Airbus and Boeing. 
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