The Civil Aeronautics Administra-tion said yesterday it plans to seek compensation from Singapore Airlines over a deadly crash two years ago that it says caused NT$3 million (US$86,200) in damages to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport.
More than 80 people were killed when the Los Angeles-bound flight SQ006 exploded in a fireball at the airport after hitting construction equipment on a partially closed runway during a fierce storm.
CAA officials said the authority had sent the airlines a letter outlining the damage claim.
"The reason we sent the letter is to tell them how much damage the accident had caused and to ask them to compensate our losses," said an official who declined to be identified.
The Taipei office of Singapore Airlines confirmed it had received the letter but said the matter would be handled by its Singapore headquarters and lawyers.
"We will wait and see how they respond before taking further actions," a CAA spokesman said.
The Aviation Safety Council issued a report in late April that said pilot error and bad weather were the most probable causes of the crash.
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