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Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.

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Singapore Airlines Flight 006

2000 aviation accident in Taiwan

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan. On 31 October 2000, at 11:18pm Taipei local time, the Boeing 747-412…
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Taipei

Capital city of Taiwan

Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan. Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests…
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