Singapore Airlines Flight 006
aviation accident
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
| Nationality | 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.