Singapore Airlines Flight 006, Aviation accident in Taiwan
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed during takeoff.
On October 31, 2000, the flight met with disaster at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport.
The crash of Flight 006 prompted a reevaluation of airline safety practices worldwide.
After the accident, the airline retired the flight number 006.
The incident is one of the few where an aircraft mistakenly attempted to take off from the wrong runway.
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