What the records say
- When
- 2 Jun 1978
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 34.79° N, 135.44° E
- Description
- Aviation incident in Japan in 1978
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 25
- Cause
- tailstrike
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Japan Air Lines Flight 123
1985 aviation accident in Japan
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On the evening of Monday, August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 flying the route suffered a severe structural failure and explosive decompression 12 minutes after takeoff. After flying under minimal control for 32 minutes, the plane crashed in the area of Mount Takamagahara, 100 kilometres from Tokyo.
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