Reasons for the crash of SIA’s SQ0006
- Bad Weather Conditions
Weather conditions were very bad resulting in the driven not being able to see the cordoned off area for rebuilding as the visibility range is a lot lower due to the storm. The crosswinds were higher than safety standards. Though such conditions present, the pilot still wanted to take off.
- Airport Control Tower having a lack of equipment
The Taiwanese airport control had no ground monitoring system so it could not track where the aircraft was at and what it was actually doing. Without this system safety is heavily compromised as without this system on such days with bad weather they are basing it on luck that nothing wrong happens.
- Carelessness of the pilots
There were green lights switched on on the runway which indicate that the runway is not supposed to be in use however, the pilot might have forgotten about it and continued.
- Money driven
Due to the fact that the pilot wants to earn money, passenger safety was put at risk as all of us know that visibility in a storm is very low and will only cause potential danger.
5. Improper maintenance and signals in airport
The Taiwanese airport control were also not completely well prepared as they did not cordon off the tracks which were in repair. Though there was concrete barriers around one kilometer ahead with lights, it is now adequate to inform the pilot of the construction. Especially as they did not make it evident enough for the pilot to not use that lane.
In my opinion,
In my opinion, the pilots are not totally at fault as we do not know what the directions given by the air control were. If the pilot did not follow them, I would say it is the pilots fault. However, if the instructions were not clear and such, I think the air control is more at fault than the pilots. This is as the pilot will think that the air control knows the airport better so he will not doubt them. Thus, it depends on the instructions given which will determine everything.
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