Singapore Airlines Flight 006

The accident Boeing 747-400 9V - SPK

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled flight of Singapore Airlines, which should lead from Singapore with a stopover in Taipei to Los Angeles on 31 October 2000. The Boeing 747-400 used crashed at the Taiwan Taoyuan Airport, where 83 out of 179 people were on board lost their lives.

The accident was the first and to date, only fatal incident of Singapore Airlines.

Aircraft

The machine used was a Boeing 747-400 with the production number MSN 28023 and the aircraft identification 9V - SPK, which had been newly delivered on 21 January 1997 to Singapore Airlines and has since operated continuously from it. Your last technical review took about six weeks before the accident, on 16 September 2000. There were no deficiencies were found. Unfortunately time she wore a colorful, " Tropical" called special paint.

Misfortune course

Until the stopover in Taipei flight from Singapore was coming normally. After a stopover there, the machine rolled to the start for the onward flight to Los Angeles, for she had been assigned to the runway 05L. The engine turned but instead of taxiway too early on the parallel runway 05R a, instead of another piece to follow the taxiway on to the right path. 05R at this time was greatly shortened and closed due to construction work. The cockpit crew had not noticed the error and the Boeing 747-400 began with the boot drive.

At the moment of lifting the machine collided with concrete barriers and Equipment for the site, which were located in the rear third of the track. She hit the ground, was torn into several pieces and caught fire. Of 179 people on board, including 159 passengers and 20 crew members, 96 were injured, some seriously be rescued from the rubble.

Causes

Exactly why the crew chose the wrong runway, could not be clarified. The fact that the train 05R was closed due to construction work, the cockpit crew was known as an appropriate NOTAM has been published. She refrained, however, apparently to study the drive away from the park position on the taxiways to the assigned runway 05R by means of the present site plans accurately and again to verify ( through verbal announcements) in the course of, or to pay attention to the signs and markings. In addition, should have notice that the wrong runway was lit differently because of the lockout as the start and runway as correct, namely, for use as a pure taxiway.

At the time of the accident ruled heavy rains and winds that were triggered by the typhoon " Xangsane ". Visibility was about 450 meters. Influence may even have been the pressure on the pilot to start the engine in time for a possible weather-related closure of the airport under these conditions.

Filming

For the Canadian television series Mayday - Alarm in the cockpit of the accident was reproduced and broadcast in 2012 as the third episode of the 12th season under the title Caution to the Wind ( Typhoon Take- Off). The German episode title is Gone with the typhoon.