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On 31st October 2000, Boeing 747 Megatop SQ006 crashed in Taipei,
Chiang Kai Shek International Airport at about 11.18 p.m. The SQ006 was on fire and spilt
into 3 portions. |
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There were 179 people on board the plane. Of which, 17 were crew members. The latest death
toll is 81 people died. 11 Singaporeans were presumed dead, 6 were
still hospitalised and 11 were having outpatient treatment. |
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Two of the "black box" were recovered and decoded. The inital report may be out
by today afternoon. |
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The corpses were badly burnt till beyond recognition. Taiwan forensic pathologists are
trying their best to identify the bodies using DNA. The 46 bodies that have been
identified are sent to Tao Yuan funeral parlour for religion rituals |
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Preparations of the funeral rituals were done on Thursday afternoon (2/11/2000). The
parlour was divided into 2 parts. The first part was the Buddhist and Taoist rituals. The
latter was for other religions rituals such as the Hinduism, Christianity, Muslims etc. |
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Investigators from America, Singapore and Taiwan will be be going to the crash scene on
today. However, reports doubt the reason that SQ006 used the wrong runway. |
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Could SQ006 knock onto foreign objects? Or could it be the wind shears that caused the
crash? We shall be still awaiting for the results to be out. |
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