Sabena Suspends Flights
 

Flights of Belgian airline Sabena were suspended on Tuesday as staff walked out over fears of impending bankruptcy.

There was chaos at Brussels' Zaventem national airport as staff abandoned check-in desks, stranding hundreds of passengers.

The only known potential investor, British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Express airline, said the last-ditch recovery plan for the 78-year-old Belgian flag carrier was unworkable.

Airport officials advised travellers not to come to Zaventem, where travellers queued in vain at deserted check-in desks for flights that would never take off.

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