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  2. Japan Air Lines Flight 123 - Wikipedia

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    Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan.On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 flying the route suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight.

  3. Dealing with Disaster in Japan - Wikipedia

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    It is about Japan Air Lines Flight 123, and together with its sequel Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss In the World's Largest Single Plane Crash, are the only English-language books entirely about that accident. [2] The book discusses the accident and its societal aftermath and compares and contrasts the response to JL123 to that of other accidents. [3]

  4. Mount Takamagahara - Wikipedia

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    The crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 on 12 August 1985 was initially reported on Mount Osutaka, but later confirmed to be on the ridge of Mount Takamagahara at a height of approximately 1,565 metres (5,135 ft) above sea level. With the loss of 520 people, it remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.

  5. How safety rules ‘written in blood’ saved lives in Tokyo ...

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    The evacuation of 379 people on Japan Airlines flight 516 is no casual miracle, ... On August 12, 1985, JAL flight 123 from Tokyo to Osaka crashed, killing 520 out of the 524 onboard, after a ...

  6. List of Japan Airlines incidents and accidents - Wikipedia

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    Both aircraft caught fire and were written off. All 379 occupants onboard Flight 516 were evacuated, while five of the six crew members aboard the Coast Guard aircraft were killed; the pilot escaping with critical injuries. Flight 516 was the first time in 38 years that a Japan Airlines aircraft was

  7. Lesson passengers should learn from the Tokyo plane crash - AOL

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    Japan Airlines flight JL516 had flown normally from the northern island of Hokkaido. The Airbus A350 was landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport when it was in collision with a much smaller plane ...

  8. Successful evacuation from burning Japan Airlines jet ...

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    JAL set up a Safety Promotion Center at the airport in 2006 to reflect lessons learned from the Aug. 12, 1985, crash of Flight 123 into a mountain north of Tokyo. JAL staff maintain a memorial at ...

  9. List of aviation incidents involving terrorism - Wikipedia

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    American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. Mohamed Atta deliberately crashed the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing all 92 people aboard and an unknown number in the building's ...