Singapore Airlines Flight SQ006 was a flight that flew from Singapore Changi Airport to Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (CKS airport), Taiwan and from Taoyuan, Taiwan to Los Angeles International Airport.

On October 31, 2000, at 1517 UTC, 2317 Taipei local time, 9V-SPK, a Boeing 747-400, attempted to take off from a wrong runway at CKS airport under heavy rain from Typhoon Xangsane. The crew took off from runway 05R, which had been closed for repairs instead of the assigned runway 05L (which parallels 05R). In consequence, the aircraft collided into construction equipment parked on 05R. With poor visibility due to heavy rain, the flight crew did not see the parked machinery on 05R until the aircraft was too close. The aircraft collided into the construction equipment and broke up into pieces. A massive fire followed. 79 of 159 passengers and 4 of 20 crew members died in the accident.

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