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On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 flying the route suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight. After flying under minimal control for a further 32 minutes, the 747 crashed in the area of Mount Takamagahara, 100 kilometres (62 mi; 54 nmi) from Tokyo.
On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 departed Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, bound for Osaka. Approximately 12 minutes after takeoff, at an altitude of 24,000 feet and an airspeed of 300 knots, a bang, vibration, and cabin decompression was recorded on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR).
Japan Airlines flight 123, crash of a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on August 12, 1985, in southern Gumma prefecture, Japan, northwest of Tokyo, that killed 520 people. The incident is one of the deadliest single-plane crashes in history.
More than 37 years later, Japan Airlines flight 123 remains the world's deadliest-ever single-aircraft accident ever, as well as the deadliest plane crash to have occurred on Japanese soil. Out of the 524 passengers and crew onboard the flight, only four survived the crash.
The Japan Airlines’ Flight 123 that took off from Haneda Airport for Osaka at 6:04 p.m. on Aug. 12, 1985, crashed into a ridge of Mount Osutakayama in Gunma Prefecture at around 6:56 p.m....
More than 500 people died when JAL 123 went down because of a single, faulty repair. This is what we learned.
Sadly, the crash resulted in the deaths of 520 of the Boeing 747's occupants, with its four survivors all having sat towards the rear. More than 37 years later, Japan Airlines flight 123 remains the world's deadliest-ever single-aircraft accident today, as well as the deadliest plane crash to have occurred on Japanese soil.
At 6:50 p.m. local time, a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747SR crashes into Mount Otsuka, 70 miles northwest of Tokyo. There were 524 people aboard, and all but four were dead by the time rescuers...
Just 45 minutes after leaving Tokyo on the planned one-hour run, the huge U.S.-built Boeing 747 smashed into a mountain in a wilderness area often called the Tibet of Japan’s Gumma prefecture....
On Aug.12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, bound for Osaka International Airport. Onboard were a mix of passengers — businessmen, families returning...