Editing Braathens ASA (section)

==Accidents and incidents==
[[File:Braathens 737-205 LN-SUG.jpg|thumb|LN-SUG was hijacked in 1985]]
*On 7 November 1956, the Heron LN-SUR ''Lars'' crashed at Hummelfjell after the aircraft had experienced icing problems. The [[Hummelfjell Accident]] killed the pilot and one passenger, but the remaining ten people on board survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19561107-0 |author=Aviation Safety Network |author-link=Aviation Safety Network |title=7-Nov-1956 |access-date=11 September 2009}}</ref> Among them was the famous television actor [[Rolf Kirkvaag]], who, despite injury, succeeded at walking to civilization to inform about the accident.<ref>Tjomsland and Wilsberg, 1995: 111</ref>

*On 23 December 1972 at 16:30, the company's most fatal accident occurred. F-28 LN-SUY ''Sverre Sigurdson'' on [[Braathens SAFE Flight 239|Flight 239]] from Ålesund to Oslo crashed at [[Asker]], killing 40 of the 45 people on board, including the crew of three. The cause of the accident was never discovered, although a possibility could have been faults with the [[instrument landing system]].<ref name=asker>Tjomsland and Wilsberg, 1995: 198–199</ref><ref name=flight239>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721223-0 |author=Aviation Safety Network |author-link=Aviation Safety Network |title=23-Dec-1972 |access-date=11 September 2009}}</ref>

*On 21 June 1985, the 737-200 LN-SUG ''Harald Gille'' [[Braathens SAFE Flight 139|Flight 139]], with 121 passengers en route from Trondheim to Oslo, was [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] by the 24-year-old Stein Arvid Huseby. He had threatened a flight attendant with an air gun. He demanded to talk to Prime Minister [[Kåre Willoch]] and Minister of Justice [[Mona Røkke]] and a press conference to make a political statement. Those demands were not met, and he surrendered after 4.5 hours after he demanded and had a few beers. This was the first hijacking in Norway.<ref>Tjomsland and Wilsberg, 1995: 279</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850621-0 |author=Aviation Safety Network |author-link=Aviation Safety Network |title=21-Jun-1985 |access-date=11 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Da kapreren strakte våpen |work=[[Aftenposten]] |date=22 June 1985 |last=Andersen |first=Alf G. |language=no}}</ref>