The two hijackings involving the A330 have resulted in one fatality , namely the hijacker of Philippine Airlines Flight 812 on 25 May 2000 , who jumped out of the aircraft to his death . The hijacking of Sabena Flight 689 on 13 October 2000 ended with no casualties when Spanish police took control of the aircraft . On 24 July 2001 , two unoccupied SriLankan Airlines A330s were destroyed amid an attack on Bandaranaike International Airport , in Colombo , Sri Lanka , by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam . On 25 December 2009 , passengers and crew subdued a man who attempted to detonate explosives in his underwear on an A330-300 operating Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Airbus A330