What the records say
- When
- 24 Sep 1972
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 19.10° N, 72.84° E
- Description
- runway overrun
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 11
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1972)
1972 aviation accident in Bombay, India
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 was a flight from London to Tokyo via Frankfurt, Rome, Beirut, Tehran, Bombay, Bangkok and Hong Kong. On September 24, 1972, the Douglas DC-8 landed at Juhu Aerodrome near Bombay, India instead of the city's much larger Santacruz Airport and overran the runway, resulting in the aircraft being written off after being damaged beyond economic repair.
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