Singapore Airlines Flight 006
Boeing 747–400 aviation accident in 2000
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, United States, 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 (14:18 UTC), the Boeing 747-400 operating the flight crashed into construction equipment during a typhoon. The disaster resulted in 83 fatalities among the 179 people aboard the aircraft, with 98 occupants initially surviving the impact before two passengers later succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. This was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 747-400 and the first fatal crash in the history of Singapore Airlines.
While the official investigation by Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council attributed the crash to flight crew error, a report by Singapore's Ministry of Transport disputed this finding, arguing that systemic failures in air traffic control (ATC) and airport infrastructure were the primary causes. This position was supported by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA), among other aviation organisations. The Singaporean analysis emphasised that controllers cleared the aircraft for takeoff despite lacking operational ground radar and facing a blocked line of sight. Furthermore, the report highlighted critical airport oversight deficiencies, including the absence of physical barriers or hazard markings on the closed runway, alongside active taxiway lighting that inadvertently guided the pilots into the construction zone.
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Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-412, registered as 9V-SPK, powered by four Pratt & Whitney PW4056 engines. It was the 1,099th Boeing 747 built and its first flight was on 12 January 1997.
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