The Runway Was Not Clear (Singapore Airlines Flight 006) - DISASTER BREAKDOWN
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On October 31st 2000, a Boeing 747 was cleared for take-off at Taipei in the late evening. Singapore Airlines Flight 6 had actually taxied onto a runway that was not clear. The The Singapore Airlines plane then collided with construction equipment halfway down the runway, causing the plane to break apart killing 83 people. Why was Singapore Airlines Flight 6 on a runway that had such glaring obstructions?
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/1000882.stm
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Sure mate
You have a low-stress move, sir. ☺️
Not whitewash rubbish like this..
The Singapore attempt to cover up for their unprofessional and incompetent crew..
Runway 05R did NOT exist at the time of this accident.
The surface of this former runway was being converted to a TAXIWAY with green centre line lighting and blue edge lighting.
So who takes off on a surface with green centre line lights. !!!
ALL references to runway O5R are are totally incorrect and inaccurate.
IT DID NOT EXIST....
Let's park equipment a km down the runway, but not turn off the runway lights, physically block the runway at all the taxiways or even just clearly mark the runway as closed by painting big Xs on the runway. What could possible go wrong?
i think you’d love the subreddit r/WhatCouldGoWrong
8 forsee 0 consequences from this
i say that would be a waste of paint as whenever the runway closes they would need to paint the x, and when it opens they need to clear the paint.
how bout a light strip at the side of the runway to on and write "runway closed" when the runway is closed
@@TANGUANXU Typically what I've seen is a lighted giant X (like the size of a small car) that gets placed on either end of the runway when it is closed for short periods. Permanently/long-term closed has the surface X'ed out in paint and the lights turned off.
Which works fine as long as you don't have any Canadians trying to land on the taxiway.
@@TANGUANXU how about just be competent and be a pilot
My dad was a “lucky” survivor on this plane when I was in second grade. Truly terrifying
he was super lucky but he was unlucky to be in that plane as well because that was the only crash ever in singapore airlines
God bless ur dad. The doctor who delivered me died in that plane
@@drewfwieuriskfi damn that’s sad. So unnecessary… sorry you lost him…
@@anniioakley9765Yeah.The doctor most likely burned to death.The fuel was ignited by the sparks and rupture by the crane and the construction equipment,also responsible for the breakage of the plane.
And why would they leave the runway like that? Couldn’t the Air Traffic Control turn off the lights or dispatch ground crew to ward off planes?
I love the little cones around the engines when the plane is parked. It's a nice detail
ikr they’re so cute. their only job is to be cute
Cones: Am i a joke to you?
It’s a no go zone. You don’t wanna be near them when they crank up
The barriers should have been placed at the beginning of the runway.
So totally well said 👍🏻
Right?
Exactly what I think!
So simple
It was not a runway. ..
Simple idea.
If u are gonna close a runway.
PHYSICALLY CLOSE THE RUNWAY
Lucky any lived
It was LAZY of the airport to not block the runway with a big fat reflective sign that says "RUNWAY CLOSED, DO NOT USE!"
@@largol33t1 You haven't got a clue.
It was NOW an active taxiway with green centre line taxiway lighting.
Information given to this crew informed them that RWY 05R was CLOSED.
GET IT......
@@daftvader4218it *was* a runway under *construction* to be *made* into a taxiway so basically the airport was lazy to physically put barriers at the start and end of the runway
Back in the day, Singapore was one of THE premium airlines in the world. This was an awesome livery as well. Very unfortunate what happened to SQ006.
@Ms Kelly Victoria Gribben relax bro, it's okay to like your country, but chill 😂
isn't it still one of the premium airlines of the world?
@Ms Kelly Victoria Gribben and?
@Ms Kelly Victoria Gribben ah... C U Next Tuesday?
Not unfortunate totally preventable should never have happened
Many simple things can be done to prevent planes from getting lost on airports. But nobody care enough to do them.
I know right. The first thing I'd do. Put a big fat sign near both takeoff spots. Reading "CLOSED" Or at least. Make construction vehciles park near the takeoff area. Giving enough clearance for planes to taxi. But not allow them to get onto the runway.
after binge watching all the videos on this channel, i don’t really mind that my flight was cancelled yesterday...
RIP
To the 83 passengers and crew of Singapore Airlines Flight 006
Cannot understand why the runway was not blocked off with warning lights and signs. Not rocket science.
Maybe they need to monitor frm time to time all those construction equipment on the runway?.. Wouldn't you want to? when a known storm coming/passing thru?.
Anyway, theres NOTAM (Notice To Airmen) given out. Closure of the runway.
They have the layout too. So its technically Drivers fault. The saying "Never assume ' I guess is true..
@@kentershackle1329 I agree Kenter about the NOTAM notice, but you would have thought there would be warnings on the runway as well. Always good idea to have supplementary protection as they do with aircraft.
@@greymark420
Yes, agreed, but then things on ground is full of bureaucracy mess i guess. Those precautions are guidelines, airports regulated differently(local rules+I'tnl minimum standard) i assume the contractors would say, 'Hey, Not my job'to set up according to guideline, show me ! who's gonna pay me? from who orders given, which department?.
Thus its wayy much easier to Train the pilots.
Same concept in Shipping; If the Harbour Pilots erred in judgement, incurred damages to properties. Its always the Ships Captains faults😂.
@@kentershackle1329 Yes I see you're point. I would have thought there would have been an international standard regarding runway incursions, but I guess asking everyone to agree is probably impossible.
@@greymark420
Tup, that said. I do sympathise with the crews. The trauma after the accident must hv been unbearable. but then sh?t happens right?.cant punish /blame them ever.
One thing for sure, this accident was an industry wake up call.
great video as always!! thank you for doing such an incredible job. your videos are clear, informative, and concise without sensationalizing or downplaying the events. one of my favorite disaster channels.
How on earth did Singapore airlines have the absolute gall to deny there were fatalities?
singapore isn’t exactly known for its honesty
@Singer Impressions better than american based carriers egos.
@@misseselise3864 as if other countries arent honest enough?
Can someone find a reference for this? I couldn’t after some searching. I see his source link but it says “SIA in Singapore could not confirm this”, so…
@Singer Impressions we kiasu yk(kiasu means scared to lose/scared to admit defeat)
Great video as always, but you saying "FlamingHotCheetosMakeMyButtHurt" at 14:03 in such a calm and neutral voice made me laugh - thank you
hahaha same here, got me that.
Cracked me up too
It's like they want to see how it would sound like when anyone they support enough to have it read our loud would eventually say that.
An extremely professional video, as entertaining and informative as always
First of all the ATC/Ground Ops should've turned off the runway lights and instead putted a signal light/reflectors on runway 05R, to indicate that the said runway is under construction.
It's incredible to me that an out of service runway had taxing lights lit up. Just why?
@@g00nther Because it was NOW an active taxiway with GREEN centre line taxiway lighting. .
Get it...
Excellent video as always! Thank you. I’m already looking forward to the next one. Good luck with your move!
Thanks so much!
THANK YOU
for your high quality content and dedication this channel is very underrated one of my top ten on this platform most definetly
Thank you for your kind words
Thanks for the great effort!
I recall this accident very clearly.
From Singapore.
Great video mate!!!
Thanks a lot!
I'm so obssesed with these series. Good explaining, Good reasoning, etc. Keep up the good work!
The F/O is a captain and safety captain on the A320 at Air Asia now
He was also my lecturer for diploma, funny world
That’s a big downgrade
@@matthewsmith2787 nah, he is still a captain in air Asia, he just teaches part time
Really!!!🤔
Did he lecture on how bad they messed up?
Love this channel keep up the good work
I have a 1:200 scale model of her sistership 9V-SPL, it's a beauty.
It is a lovely livery isn't it!
@@DisasterBreakdown potentially the best special livery ever created. Too bad it had an awful ending.
@@DisasterBreakdown Ikr
I also have this model with the exact registration 9V-SPK Jc wings. 1:200. By far I take care of this model the most. I had it since 2016 as a birthday gift. Great condition! Now this model is very rare, expensive cost $250-$400 and hard to find. The best idea is to bid on ebay. I was glad to get it before. Bought the model from Ez toys.
@@azurefire7266 I wished the livery is still alive
Amazing video as always
Glad you enjoyed
Good work once again!
Thank you for explaining, very informative!
Thank you for the content and good luck moving!
I like your videos I want to watch every single one I'm working on it I got about 15 videos in. Keep up the good work
Excellent description of events and how aircraft navigate an airport taxi ways. I would assume this pilot would loose his position in the company. Great video!!
Your videos are so well-researched and I could listen to your voice for hours. Brava, Chloe.
Block the the runway under maintenance at any airport. Ground airport authority personnels to guide the aircraft to the right runway due to poor visibility. Oh God, what a tragic incident for this SQ flight 6!
Nice take on this.
Portable Concrete barriers or even construction machinery or some sort of Physical barrier, should have been placed at the beginning of the runway to "Physically" block off the runway that is being worked on, to ensure that planes cannot turn onto it to begin with! Given the poor visibility, the airport should have taken "Positive" steps to MAKE SURE that that runway cannot be physically accessed to start with! What a huge oversight by the airport management!
Why??
It was an active taxiway ...
Howeve modern displays the plane had the ATC should have stopped the plane from taxing if the visibility was so low and provided with a towing vehicle or a 'follow me' vehicle or in the other hand the crew should have informed the ATC and stopped plane there itself.
wow. again ive been waiting for 4 days. thx for the upload.
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@DisasterBreakdown i did alot
Did the decommissioned runway still have lights on? Just curious.
I wondered about that, too.
I think it did, that’s why they lined up with 05R. If the lights were off, they would have realised it.
Yup, lights on
just read the wiki page, it was possible the lights were still on. the reason they didn't barricade it close at the start is because they used the closed runway as a taxiway for the landing planes
The airport administration screwed up by not making it impossible to confuse the closed runway with the operating one Also As a retired pilot I don’t know why that flight operated in such conditions A typhoon can produce many hazards
Your obviously not a professional pilot ...
You have never been to Taiwan.
You have never flown a B 747.
True....or you would know what a idiot this Singapore Captain was.
It was an approaching Typhoon .
Winds are then in excess of 80 kts.
Hey, this looks like an amazing video! But I have a suggestion for next week, can you do United airlines flight 232? My mom had friends that were in that crash and survived so I’ve always been quite interested in it.
That’s one of the most documented crashes out there. Dozens of documentaries about it already. I think Mentour pilot has covered it, and if so, that’ll be the definitive explanation of it.
Well sorry but mentour pilot gets it wrong too, last weeks video “why did this plane accelerate after landing flight 226” it’s a 757 and at 1:45 mentour pilot says it’s a wide body 757, no such plane
@@coca-colayes1958 Sure, everyone makes mistakes. But his explanations routinely go into _far_ more depth than all the others.
@Andrew yes it is United airlines flight 232, a DC 10 that crashed in 1989.
@@arandomthing2489 Andrew wasn’t talking about that.
It did NOT takeoff on a runway.
Runway 05R did not exist.
The runway did not exist.
It was a taxiway.
I thought having a proper ground radar was a must since Tenerife? Also shouldn’t the runway under construction be sealed off? 🚧
Woah, I'm actually early. Another awesome video, try not to lose your sanity moving. Lol
you really should do a video on the Marshall university of West Virginia southwest airline crash ive flown just over the area where the crash happen and landed at the airport they were supposed to land at i think it would be a good video for you to do!
can put plastic barrier in beginning of runway with lights very easy task. sure this kind of accident wont happen.50% go to SIA and 50% Taipei Airport.
🪄 Thanks for the content
It's more so the airport's fault for not actually closing the runway, blocking it a mile down the road, and leaving the lights on
Runway 05R did not exist.
Get it!
Most of it had been converted to a taxiway with green /blue lighting. .
Runway O5L has high intensity red /white centre line lights.
Who takes off on a taxiway????
Extreme negligence by Singapore airlines staff. Shameful. Do better.
My brother's wife was on that fight and she was not one of the survivor. I looked up this clip because I wanted to know exactly how this accident happened, and it's kind of hard to watch this video for me.
Singapore Airlines has the reputation of being one of the safest airlines in the world... but every run of good luck inevitaby will come to an end.
It's good it's safer now than it was back then, since I have to fly with SQ later this year.My first ever flight in a A380, yay !
Yes
Exceptional as always, but I do miss having more music throughout.
Can you do the Lapa flight 3142? I found this one really interesting
Lighting was bad too.
How in the world could Singapore airlines try to say that the accident didn't happen on the wrong runway, and there were no fatalities?? Baffles me that they would think people would believe that story!
I was born in the same year 2000. And the doctor who deliver me died on this plane……
Singapore Airlines execs: “Deny everything. Deny all facts. Plane? What plane? We don’t even have planes.”
Great video! You should do TWA 800 next
IMO, the pilots _are_ at fault for not taking advantage of all the tools they had to confirm where they were. But at the same time, the taxi clearance could have been clearer about the need to cross 05R, and it would have been good to have temporary closure markings at the intersection between November-1 and 05R while the construction was ongoing.
I don't know how I feel about me watching this while sat in the plane waiting for take off
Did you make it?
@@seka1986 he didn't reply .obviously no
Please make a video about Eastern Airlines flight 401 that crashed in the Florida Everglades. Thank you.
I typed in "October 31st, 2000" in the CZcams Search Bar, and sorted the results by "View Count", and this was the top video, with 181.282 views as of 10/31/2022 at 12:18 A.M. E.D.T.(U.S. & Canada).
Could you do Air Philippines flight 541 next please?
CZcams recommended your channel, seems tidy.
I guess I’ll sub and be one of those people commenting on the 500k subs video like: I was subbed before it was cool
No background music? Why?
Why isn’t somebody in prison for this. The whole flight deck crew should have lost their wings and never allowed to fly again. Also whoever was in charge at the airport should have fired and in prison for negligence along with a lot of ground crew personnel. Totally could have been avoided.
Prison ain't gonna undo the accident
@@arbiter1er The point isn't to undo the accident, it's to punish those responsible, and hope that punishment serves as a lesson that perhaps could help avoid another accident in the future.
Jet2 Holidays might want to be a bit more selective about their ad placements... :D
12:20 idk why there is a 757 but damn she is beautiful 😍
If your neighbourhood road is having road works on a 50kph giant barriers as tall as cars are temporarily erected.
Meanwhile a runway capable of taking a plane carrying hundreds travelling 300kph ---- nah they'll figure it out -- pilot error
Totally the fault of the airport, should have blocked off the runway at the start to properly close it!
I was just going to comment what I’ve seen now multiple other commentators bring up and ask and thats the failure to install any such barrier, signs, or any other construction indicators at the start of the runway marking it and making it obvious to pilots that said runway is closed and inoperable ensuring pilots are always aware in the event of a possible miscommunication. It’s also appears thar ATC made no mention of runways 05 Right being closed so the pilots were completely unaware that construction was taking place. These easily preventable accidents just add that much more of a sting because you know it just shouldn’t have happened.
Wil make a video about Flight 311?
June 21st, 2021 7:40 UTC - 17 dislikes. WHY?!?
Since you have done Singapore Airlines 006, I think it would also be appropriate to cover China Airlines 006, cause they do both have the same flight number.
A simple risk management could have safe this mishap...etc...turn off the lights or change it's colour...parked the vehicles at a different hold up area....everyone involved to ensure this just take things for granted...sadly a group of passengers paid with their life...
I think the audio was better before, other than that great work like always
i live in Singapore
Runway not clear?
Understatement of the decade.
Runway full of construction machinery.
Cock ups galore at the airport.
Should of been loads of safety measures.
There were...
The NOTAM informed the crew BEFORE departure that OLD RWY O5R was CLOSED.
Based on the vdo that i have just seen, i would say bot the taiwan airport authorities and the pilots onboard are to be blamed for this accident. Being a busy international airport and especially when taiwan is prone to typhoons every year, shouldnt there be more than sufficient lightings be installed to ensure good visibility during bad weather conditions ? Shouldnt there be clear indications and/or obstructions to stop planes from entering a closed runway ? Did the airport flight controller check the exact location of the plane before giving the all clear message to take off ? On the other hand, why did the pilots failed to realise that they were on the wrong runway for takeoff ?
Me watching this at an air port like ;-;
Anyone know the name of the song at the beginning?
Its called "Heart of the River Sun" czcams.com/video/s10YvZZ6Wpo/video.html
@@DisasterBreakdown Thanks!
@@DisasterBreakdown What about the song at 11:17?
@@benp4339 It’s “The Fig Tree” by Jakob Ahlbom, I believe!
@@liv8529 Legend. Thanks!
Singapore airlines flight 6,egyptair 990 and western airlines 2605 happened on halloween
WHY they put it at runway？ it should put at the end of the runway so no planes will crash and i live in singapore and im sad who board singapore airlines flight 6 that crash
Nevada Erica here. Absolutely love love love your videos!!!💋💋💞💋💋💞💋💋
Both pilots were sacked
The title sounds like it came from a disappointed cartoon narrator.
For you Armchairs.
The old runway O5R was reported to ALL departing pilots as CLOSED.
Even if it was open it would be far too short for a trans Pacific flight.
It is the absolute responsibility of the Captain to select and positively locate the correct runway.
This is done by positive identification of the aircraft navigational instruments.
This did not happen due to appalling airmanship and professionalism.
What idiot departs on a runway surface with GREEN centre line taxiway lighting? ?????
Why wasn’t the runway actually closed off, instead of having obstacles on it but no barrier to going down it?? Surely the ATC would have seen the plane on radar showing it to be on the wrong runway??
Very well made. I quite like Singapore Airlines 006, As it is one of the more modern disasters that involved a major airline.
fascinating yes, something you should like.......i don't think so. I don't think any accident should ever be "liked"
"Like" is not the word I would use for a fatal accident.
They should have used both different letters and numbers to further differentiate the runways.
Example: Use 23 L and 24 R instead of 23 R and 23 L.
Except if they are both heading ~230*, it makes sense to have them both designated 23L and 23R respective.
Just like the previous commenter said runway are labeled randomly, therefore this proposal although making such things easier won’t be accepted
Man o' man, crashing your plane into a bunch of construction equipment is unfortunate.
For as much as I know, three crashes like this one happened in aviation history : Western Air 2605 in 1979, Aeroflot flight 3352 in 1984 and SQ 006 in 2000.
Flaminghotcheetosmakemybutthurt *chuckles*
So scary when your life is in the hands of another human being…
I guess you must a be a pretty stressful passenger in anybody else's car.
OK the pilots made a mistake, but the shoddy attitude to making it clear that the runway was closed made that mistake far too easy for them to make so I can't put that much of the blame on them. Why were the lights switched on for a runway that was out of service? Why weren't there obvious barriers on the taxi-way?
You haven't got a clue. .
Your no pilot..
why were the runway lights on a unusable runway switched on ?
From what I understand, it did not have the runway lights on (color coded white lights.) It had green center lights on, designating the runway as a Taxi way (color coded green lights.)... Inbound aircrafts used this taxi way to reach the terminal. Hence, runway 5R was partially closed. The ends of it were being used as taxi ways, lit with green lights.
Runway 05R did NOT exist.
All references to runway 05R
are totally incorrect.
There is only ONE runway..
O5L...
Even if it did exist it would be far too short for a trans Pacific flight.....so why use it ????
Old O5R was virtually finished being converted to a taxiway....
Contruction equipment was parked on the new taxiway under contruction. ...and well illuminated.
The crew knew about this from pre-departure warnings.
NOTAM.
This new taxiway had green/blue standard lighting.
Nothing like runway lighting...
The lighting on runway 05L was high intensity CAT 111.
Completely different.
So why take off from a taxiway with blue/green lights.
FACT NOT OPINION?
Dark fact: Singapore Airlines flight 006 crashed on Halloween, the same day Western Airlines flight 2605 also crashed in a runway incursion in 1979, only that crash was on landing rather than takeoff.
it bothers me that construction equipment could destroy a plane so easily. like, in my head, a plane should be WAAAAAAY stronger than a crane. idk
Planes are designed to fight air.
Not steel
Even a tank would probably be damaged if it hits something at 200 kmh
The construction equipment destroyed the wheel which then caused the nose of the plane to hit the ground and friction caused the fire
When it was stated that the crew had 0 disciplinary situations relative to them, I knew this wouldn’t have been on them. RIP to all lives that perished.
If the runway was not active, why was it lit.
Why re-opened the wounds?