Singapore Airlines Flight 006
The remains of 9V-SPK's forward section | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 October 2000 |
| 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 / 25.07639°N 121.22389°E |
| Aircraft | |
| 9V-SPK, the aircraft involved, five months before the accident | |
| 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 | Changi Airport, Changi, 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 |
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 11:18pm Taipei local time (2:18pm 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.