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

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
	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
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 Media Diagram of Typhoon Xangsane's path Diagram of Chiang Kai-shek International Airport and the taxi path of SQ006: The dotted green line indicates the intended route to Runway 05L. The yellow arrow indicates the path to Runway 05R. The red path is the way the pilots went. Diagram of 9V-SPK illustrating crew and passenger seat locations, lack of injury, severity of injuries, and deaths. The broken-off tail section of 9V-SPK 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.