Singapore Airlines Flight 006
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was an international 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 (14:18
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 the hospital. This was the first fatal crash involving a Boeing 747-400, and also the first fatal accident in the history of
Singapore Airlines.
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