Singapore Airlines Flight 006

On October 31, 2000 Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashed after taking off on the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, caused by pilot error in bad weather. The aircraft was a Boeing 747-400 with 179 people on-board. 83 people were killed in the crash while 96 survived.

Causalities
NationalityPassengersCrewTotalTotalKilledTotalKilledTotalKilled2000201000101000101000101000101000101100111000101000102000201000101100111100111111001111510051100010200020110011110011220022841094300030110011200020110011110011110011310011100001118174281211001110001030003010001055262057262000204200424724004724210021Total 159 79 20 4 179 83
79 passengers and four crew members died in the crash. 24 Americans, 26 Taiwanese, 11 Indians, 12 Singaporeans, 4 Malaysians, 2 Koreans, 2 British, 1 Vietnamese, 1 Chinese, 1 Hong Konger, 1 Indonesian, 1 Japanese, 1 Dutch, 1 Macaoan, 1 Kazakhstani, and 1 Filipino were among the dead.

Category:2000 in Asia
Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the 2000s
Category:2000s in Singapore
Category:2000s in Taiwan