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In May 2002, 17 years after Flight 123's crash and 22 years after the accident aircraft's repair, China Airlines Flight 611 from Taipei to Hong Kong with 225 people on board crashed with no survivors when it broke up while cruising at around 35,000 feet. Like Flight 123, a doubler plate was not installed based upon Boeing standards.
Although the aircraft was repaired in June and July 1978, it was lost in 1985 in the crash of JAL 123 (The worst single-aircraft air disaster) . [35] On 23 November 1979, a Japan Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Osaka by a male passenger. He used a plastic knife and a bottle opener and demanded to be ...
The cause of the crash was traced to Katagiri's deliberate crashing of the plane. One report states that the captain engaged the inboard engines' thrust-reversers in flight. [1] [5] Another report states that, during descent, Katagiri "cancelled autopilot, pushed his controls forward and retarded the throttles to idle."
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1985 (27 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1985" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
But all 379 people aboard the Japan Airlines jet successfully evacuated – a tribute to the professionalism and training of Japan Airlines staff. The investigation is already under way.
All 379 passengers and crew were able to make it out of the Japan Airlines plane, Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito said at a news conference. The coast guard pilot escaped but five crew members ...
The deadliest of this year was Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747 which crashed in mountainous terrain in Gunma prefecture, Japan, on 12 August, killing 520 of the 524 people on board; the accident was the deadliest of the 1980s decade, and remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.
The fatal accident saw Japan Airlines flight 516 crash into the coast guard aircraft after ... All 379 people on the Japan Airlines (JAL) plane were safely evacuated in what has been hailed as a ...