SQ 006
31 Oct 2000 · Human Error (Crew)SINGAPORE AIRLINES FLIGHT 006
Boeing 747-400 · Singapore Airlines · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Takeoff from a closed runway in a typhoon
Runway identification
Ground navigation
Crew resource management
Aircraft
Boeing 747-400
Singapore Airlines
Route
Taipei–Chiang Kai-shek (TPE), Taiwan
→ Los Angeles (LAX), USA
People
179 on board
83 fatalities
Date
31 Oct 2000
Flight crew
Captain: Foong Chee Kong
Category
Human Error (Crew)
When decisions in the cockpit seal the outcome.
THE STORY
In a typhoon, the crew lined up on a closed runway full of construction equipment. The 747 lifted off through excavators and broke apart.