Air disaster

Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045

13 Jan 1977 · 61.17° N, 150.03° W

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When
13 Jan 1977
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
61.17° N, 150.03° W
Description
plane crash
Deaths
5

Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045

1977 plane flight which crashed in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.

Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045 was a charter flight on January 13, 1977, from Grant County, Washington, to Tokyo, Japan, with a stopover in Anchorage, Alaska. The McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62AF operating the flight crashed during the initial climb shortly after takeoff from Anchorage, in part because the captain, Hugh L.

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