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
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg	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
22x20px 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
22x20px 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 Xangsane 2000 track.png Diagram of Typhoon Xangsane's path SA006 Runway.png 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. Sa747-400006.png Diagram of 9V-SPK illustrating crew and passenger seat locations, lack of injury, severity of injuries, and deaths. Singapore Airlines Flight 006 wreckage 2.png 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.