Editing Airbus A340 (section)

===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>