Singapore Airlines Flight 006
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Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now known as Taoyuan International Airport) near Taipei, Taiwan. On 31 October 2000, at 23:18 Taipei local time (15:18 UTC), the Boeing 747-412 operating the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport during a typhoon. The aircraft crashed into construction equipment on the runway, killing 83 of the 179 people aboard. Ninety-eight occupants initially survived the accident, but two passengers died later from injuries in hospital.[1] It was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 747-400.
Accident | |
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Date | 31 October 2000 (2000-10-31) |
Summary | Crashed into construction equipment during takeoff on a closed runway |
Site | Runway 05R, Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan 25°4′35″N 121°13′26″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-412 |
Operator | Singapore Airlines |
IATA flight No. | SQ006 |
ICAO flight No. | SIA006 |
Call sign | SINGAPORE 6 |
Registration | 9V-SPK |
Flight origin | Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore |
Stopover | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan |
Destination | Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Occupants | 179 |
Passengers | 159 |
Crew | 20 |
Fatalities | 83 |
Injuries | 71 |
Survivors | 96 |