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
[change | change source]| Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Killed | Total | Killed | Total | Killed | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 12 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 55 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 26 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 47 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 24 | |
| 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.