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Wednesday, November 01, 2000, updated at 09:13(GMT+8)

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Singaporean Plane Crashes in Taipei

A jetliner of the Singapore Airlines, SQ006, bound for Los Angeles, crashed and caught fire seconds after it took off from the Taipei international airport Tuesday, according to reports reaching in Hong Kong.

The accident occurred at 11:18 p.m. Taipei time in a storm.

There were more than 180 people on the plane. Some injured passengers were reportedly rushed to two nearby hospitals.

The crash also caused damage to a plane of the China Airlines standing at the airport, it was reported.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

All the flights have been canceled and the airport was closed after the accident.


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	A jetliner of the Singapore Airlines, SQ006, bound for Los Angeles, crashed and caught fire seconds after it took off from the Taipei international airport Tuesday, according to reports reaching in Hong Kong.




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