Singapore Airlines Flight 006
Boeing 747–400 aviation accident in 2000
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
changeNationality | Passengers | Crew | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Killed | Total | Killed | Total | Killed | |
Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cambodia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
India | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Indonesia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Malaysia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Singapore | 11 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 12 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Taiwan | 55 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 26 |
Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
United Kingdom | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
United States | 47 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 24 |
Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 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.