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The Boeing 747SR-46 with registration JA8119 (serial number 20783, line number 230), was built and delivered to Japan Air Lines in 1974 (prior to their name change to "Japan Airlines"). It had accumulated slightly more than 25,000 flight hours and 18,800 cycles (one cycle consisting of takeoff, cabin pressurization, depressurization, and landing).
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."
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.
Plane Talk: Japan Airlines crew responded magnificently to get everyone off safely ... BA last suffered a fatal event in 1985, when a Boeing 737 caught fire on the runway at Manchester; the other ...
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 massive Japan Airlines plane collision is the ‘first real test for a modern aircraft’ under distress and Airbus’s new lightweight carbon-fibre fuselege may have protected passengers from ...
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 ...
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.