Report by John Lavabre
A TOTAL of 81 passengers travelling on the Singapore Airlines
jet which crashed on take off at Taiwan’s Taipei airport on Sunday have been
declared dead.
The airline has sent 150 support staff to Taiwan to help
relatives of the deceased and injured. It has also promised them financial aid.
Singapore Airlines deputy chairman and chief executive
officer Dr Cheong Choong Kong said: “We are working closely with the Taiwanese
Civil Aviation Authority’s investigation team. We want to get as much
information out as quickly as possible.”
Flight SQ 006 was bound for Los Angeles when the incident happened.
Weather conditions were bad but within operational limits.
There has also been speculation the aircraft was on the
wrong runway when it attempted to take off.