Air disaster

Japan Airlines Flight 715

27 Sep 1977 · 3.13° N, 101.55° E

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When
27 Sep 1977
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
3.13° N, 101.55° E
Description
aviation accident
Deaths
34
Injured
45

Japan Air Lines Flight 715

1977 aviation accident

Japan Air Lines Flight 715 was a regular scheduled flight that crashed on approach to Subang Airport in Malaysia on 27 September 1977. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, registration JA8051, on a flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, to Singapore, with stopovers at Hong Kong, and Subang Airport, Malaysia. Of the 69 passengers and ten crew on board, 34 died, whilst the other 45 survived with injuries.

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