Notification of Details
Immediately after the accident occurred, James Boyd, a Singapore Airlines spokesperson in Los Angeles, stated that no fatalities occurred in the crash; the airline statement revised to state that fatalities occurred.
The airline initially stated that reports of the aircraft taking the wrong runway were untrue before the fact that the wrong runway was used was proven true.
Khan Mahmood, an Atlanta man whose sister and parents died on SQ006, criticised the airline for taking too much time to notify relatives.
A counseling center opened at Los Angeles International Airport to deal with relatives of passengers.
Relatives of victims provided blood samples in order to identify bodies.
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