Editing Airbus A340 (section)

==Accidents and incidents==
The A340 has never been involved in a fatal accident, although there have been six [[hull-loss accidents]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/types/Airbus-A340/losses |title=Airbus A340 Hull Losses |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]] |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/Airbus-A340/index|title=Airbus A340 database|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref>

===Accidents===
[[File:Airfranceflight358.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Remains of [[Air France Flight 358]] at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]]]
; Landing phase
* 5 November 1997 – [[Virgin Atlantic Flight 024]], an Airbus A340-311 registered as G-VSKY ''China Girl'', conducted an emergency landing on Runway 27L at [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow Airport]] with the aircraft's left-main landing gear partially extended. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://flightsafety.org/ap/ap_dec00.pdf |title=A340 Crew Conducts Emergency Landing With Left-main Gear Partially Extended |author=FSF Editorial Staff |website=flightsafety.org |access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{ASN accident|title=Airbus A340-311 G-VSKY|id=19971105-1|accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref>
* 29 August 1998 – a [[Sabena]] Airbus A340-200 registered as OO-SCW was severely damaged while landing on Runway 25L at [[Brussels Airport]]. The right main gear collapsed; the right engines and wingtip hit the runway and slid to the right in soft ground. The 248 passengers and 11 crew were safely evacuated. The cause of the gear failure was found to be a fatigue crack. Although severely damaged, the aircraft was repaired and returned to service for 16 years until it was stored.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Airbus A340-211 OO-SCW, Saturday 29 August 1998 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/323912 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* 2 August 2005 – [[Air France Flight 358]], an Airbus A340-313E registered as F-GLZQ, was destroyed by a crash and subsequent fire after it overran runway 24L at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] while landing in a [[thunderstorm]]. The aircraft slid into [[Etobicoke Creek]] and caught fire. All 297 passengers and 12 crew survived; 43 people were injured, 12 seriously.<ref>{{ASN accident|title=Airbus A340-313X F-GLZQ |id=20050802-0 |accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="cbc.ca">[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tsb-advises-runway-changes-in-light-of-air-france-crash-1.634899 "TSB advises runway changes in light of Air France crash."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213225144/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tsb-advises-runway-changes-in-light-of-air-france-crash-1.634899 |date=13 December 2007 }} ''CBC News'', 12 December 2007.</ref>
* 9 November 2007 – [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]] Flight 6463, an Airbus A340-642 registered as EC-JOH, was badly damaged after sliding off the runway at Ecuador's [[Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport|Mariscal Sucre International Airport]]. The landing gear collapsed and two engines broke off. All 345 passengers and 14 crew members were evacuated by inflatable slides, and there were no serious injuries. The aircraft was written off and scrapped.<ref>{{ASN accident|title=Airbus A340-642 EC-JOH |id=20071109-0 |accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref>

; Take-off phase
* 20 March 2009 – [[Emirates Flight 407]], an Airbus A340-541 registered as A6-ERG, failed to take off properly from Melbourne Airport, hitting several structures at the end of the runway before eventually climbing enough to return to the airport for a safe landing. There were no injures, but the occurrence was severe enough to be classified an accident by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.<ref name="devil">{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/the-devil-is-in-the-data/story-e6frg95x-1225771809045 |first=Cameron |last=Stewart |title=The devil is in the data|date= 12 September 2009 |work=The Australian |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/emirates-pilot-in-tail-strike-near-disaster-tells-his-story/story-0-1225748572516 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231073008/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/emirates-pilot-in-tail-strike-near-disaster-tells-his-story/story-0-1225748572516 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2012 |first=Ellen |last=Whinnett |title=Emirates pilot in tail strike near-disaster tells his story |work=Herald Sun |date=12 July 2009 }}</ref> The plane was subsequently repaired, and returned to service for five years before it was scrapped.<ref name=":2">{{ASN accident|title=Airbus A340-313 D-AIFA|id=20180611-0|accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref>

===Incidents===
[[File:Etihad Toulouse accident.jpg|thumb|This A340-600 was written off following a ground testing accident before being delivered to Etihad Airways.]]
; Fire related
* 20 January 1994 – an [[Air France]] Airbus A340-200 registered as F-GNIA was destroyed by fire during servicing at Paris [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]].<ref>{{ASN accident|title=Airbus A340-211 F-GNIA |id=19940120-0 |accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref> This marks the first hull-loss of an A340.
*11 June 2018 – A [[Lufthansa]] Airbus A340-300 registered as D-AIFA was being towed with maintenance staff on board to the departure gate at [[Frankfurt Airport]]'s terminal when the tow truck caught fire. The flames substantially damaged the aircraft's front section, and ten people on the ground received minor injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-11/lufthansa-a340-damaged-as-frankfurt-airport-truck-catches-fire|title=Lufthansa A340 Damaged as Frankfurt Airport Truck Catches Fire|date=11 June 2018|work=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref> The damage was assessed to be beyond economical repair and the aircraft was written off.<ref name=":2" />

; Test related
* 15 November 2007 – an Airbus A340-600 with the test registration F-WWCJ was damaged beyond repair during ground testing at Airbus' facilities at [[Toulouse Blagnac International Airport]]. During a pre-delivery engine test, some safety checks had been disabled,<ref name="bea-wwcj">{{cite book |title=Accident survenu le 15 novembre 2007 sur l'aérodrome de Toulouse Blagnac à l'Airbus A340-600 numéro de série 856 |date=2008 |trans-title=Accident occurred on November 15, 2007 on the Toulouse Blagnac aerodrome on the Airbus A340-600 serial number 856 |url=https://www.bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/2007/f-cj071115/pdf/f-cj071115.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116191430/http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2007/f-cj071115/pdf/f-cj071115.pdf |archive-date=16 November 2009 |access-date=4 November 2009 |publisher=[[Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety]] |language=fr |isbn=978-2-11-098259-9}}</ref> leading to the unchocked aircraft accelerating to {{convert|31|kn|km/h mph|abbr=}} and colliding with a concrete blast deflection wall. The right-wing, tail, and left engines made contact with the ground or wall, leaving the forward section elevated several metres and the cockpit broken off; five people on board were injured, four of them seriously, but no fatalities resulted.<ref name="bea-wwcj"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/violation-of-test-procedures-led-to-toulouse-a340-600-319969/ |title= Violation of test procedures led to Toulouse A340-600 crash |first= David |last= Kaminski-Morrow |date= 10 December 2008 |publisher=Reed Business Information |work=[[Flightglobal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104133017/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/violation-of-test-procedures-led-to-toulouse-a340-600-319969/ |archive-date=4 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The aircraft was [[Writeoff|written off]] and was later used at Virgin Atlantic's cabin crew training facility in [[Crawley]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/11/19/219705/toulouse-accident-occurred-as-airbus-a340-was-exiting-engine-test-pen.html |title=Toulouse accident occurred as Airbus A340 was exiting engine test-pen |work=Flight International |access-date=17 November 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081211052310/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/11/19/219705/toulouse-accident-occurred-as-airbus-a340-was-exiting-engine-test-pen.html |archive-date= 11 December 2008 |url-status= live}}</ref> It had been due to be delivered to [[Etihad Airways]] as A6-EHG.<ref>{{ASN accident|title=Airbus A340-642 F-WWCJ|id=20071115-0|accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref>

; War related
* 24 July 2001 – a [[SriLankan Airlines]] Airbus A340-300 registered as 4R-ADD was destroyed on the ground at [[Bandaranaike International Airport]], being one of 26 aircraft which were damaged or destroyed during an [[Bandaranaike Airport attack|attack upon the airport]] by [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] militants.<ref>{{ASN accident|title=Airbus A340-312 4R-ADD |id=20010724-2 |accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |year= 2001 |url= http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir010903_1_n.shtml |title= Intelligence failures exposed by Tamil Tiger airport attack |journal= [[Jane's Intelligence Review]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080225162532/http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir010903_1_n.shtml |archive-date= 25 February 2008}}</ref>