Has Singapore Airlines ever crashed?
On 31 October 2000, at 23:18 Taipei local time (14:18 UTC), the Boeing 747-412 operating the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport during a typhoon. The aircraft crashed into construction equipment on the runway, killing 83 of the 179 people aboard. The plane rolled over and plunged 30,000 ft (9,100 m), experiencing high speeds and g-forces (as high as 5 g) before the captain was able to recover from the dive, and then to divert to San Francisco International Airport. Twenty-four occupants were injured, two of them seriously. IATA flight No. ICAO flight No.
Who was the 4 year old only survivor of the plane crash?
The sole survivor was a 4-year-old girl named Cecelia Cichan, who sustained serious injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the accident was the flight deck crew’s failure to set flaps and slats for takeoff. On this day August 16 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing 154 of the 155 people on board and two on the ground. The sole survivor was 4 year old Cecelia Cichan, whose rescue became one of the most remarkable survival stories in aviation history.