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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.
Learn about the fatal accident of SIA Flight SQ006 on 31 October 2000, which killed 83 people and destroyed the aircraft. Find out the causes, investigations, aftermath and lawsuits of the incident.
Nov 2, 2022 · Learn how a fatal error by the crew led to the loss of a Boeing 747-400 and 83 lives in Taipei in 2000. Find out the background, the investigation, and the aftermath of the accident that involved a special livery and a typhoon.
Jul 8, 2023 · A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 plowed into a closed runway at Chiang Kai-shek Airport in Taipei, killing 83 of the 179 people on board. The accident was caused by a series of human and environmental factors, including a poorly designed airport and a typhoon.
May 2, 2017 · On the night of Oct 31, 2000, Los Angeles-bound Singapore Airlines flight SQ006 taxied into a closed runway at Taipei's then-Chiang Kai-shek Airport. It crashed into construction equipment...
Oct 31, 2010 · 83 of the 179 passengers on board died after the Singapore flight that was bound for Los Angeles ploughed into a cluster of heavy construction equipment as it tried to take off from a runway in bad, stormy weather.
Oct 31, 2000 · On October 31, 2000, at 1517 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), 2317 Taipei local time, Singapore Airlines (SIA) Flight SQ006, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft, bearing Singapore registration No. 9V-SPK, crashed on a partially closed runway at Chiang Kai-Shek (CKS) International Airport during takeoff.
