What the records say
- When
- 31 Mar 1993
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 61.17° N, 149.93° W
- Description
- Aviation incident in 1993 (engine separation)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- Lee wave
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E
1993 Aviation accident over Alaska
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E was a scheduled cargo flight on 31 March 1993, operated by a Boeing 747-100 for Evergreen International Airlines, on behalf of Japan Air Lines, from Anchorage International Airport, in Anchorage, Alaska, to O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago. After departure, while climbing through 2,000 feet, the pylon for engine two detached, causing the whole engine to fall off the wing.
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