Singapore Airlines Flight 006
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled Singapore Airlines 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 (15:18 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 hospital. It was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 747-400; it is also the first Singapore Airlines accident to result in fatalities.
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航站北路, Taoyuan City Puxin Village
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 25.076388888889 ° | E 121.22388888889 ° |
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K 停泊區
航站北路
33758 Taoyuan City, Puxin Village
Taiwan
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