The
tail section of crashed Singapore Airlines' Boeing 747 lies on the
tarmac at Chiang Kai-shek international airport 01 November 2000.
The Boeing crashed soon after take-off 31 October in typhoon winds
and torrential rain, breaking into three pieces which burnt fiercely.
AFP PHOTO
Firemen
try to control the fire on the wreckage 01 November 2000 of a Singapore
Airlines Boeing 747 that crashed late 31 October at Taiwan's international
Chiag Kai Shek airport shortly after take-off. The pilot of the plane
'reported hitting an object on the take-off run', Singapore Airlines
said in a statement. AFP PHOTO
Policemen
wearing masks stand guard over coffins kept in a hangar at Chiang
Kai-shek International Airport 1 November, 2000 awaiting identification
by the families of the passengers killed in the Singapore Airlines
plane crash overnight. AFP PHOTO
A hydraulic mechanical
shovel parking at 05R runway, stands 1 November 2000 at Taipei international
airport, one day after the Singapore Airlines airplane crash 31 October.
Taiwan television TVBS speculated the Boeing 747-400 hit the construction
equipment while using the wrong runway for takeoff. AFP PHOTO
Pong
Payia, a Thai survivor of the crashed Singapore Airlines Boeing 747,
rests her head on her hands after having been taken to the Chang Gung
Memorial Hospital in Linko, Taipei county for treatment 01 November
2000. The Boeing crashed shortly after take-off of Taipei's Chiang
Kai Shek Airport 31 December with 179 people on board. AFP PHOTO
