BOAC Flight 911

When

5 Mar 1966

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

35.33° N, 138.80° E

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

124

Injured

0

Cause

Lee wave

1966 aviation accident in Japan

BOAC Flight 911 was a round-the-world flight operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) that crashed near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966, with the loss of all 113 passengers and 11 crew members. The Boeing 707 flying the route disintegrated mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo Haneda Airport as a result of severe clear-air turbulence.

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