Japan Airlines Flight 123

Japan Airlines Flight 123 (JAL 123/JL 123) was a Japanese commercial flight between Haneda International Airport in Tokyo and Osaka International Airport in Itami Hyogo. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747SR operating the flight, registered as JA8119, crashed 44 minutes after takeoff atop Mount Takamagahara 100 km (62 mi) from Tokyo, due to decompression. [1] The crash site was later renamed Osutaka O'ne. It remains in history as the world's largest single-aircraft disaster and the second-largest aviation accident of all time, after the 1977 Tenerife crash and excluding the September 11, 2001 attacks (as these were terrorist attacks, not accidents).

Japan Airlines Flight 123

Historic image of the crashed aircraft photographed minutes before the accident. A large part of the vertical stabilizer on the tail is missing. Event Plane crash Date August 12, 1985 Hour 18:56 (local time) Cause Pressure bulkhead failure due to inadequate repair (tail strike suffered in 1978). Total loss of hydraulic systems, rapid decompression and loss of control. Place Summit of Mount Takamagahara, Gunma Prefecture, Japan Coordinates 36°00′05″N 138°41′38″E / 36.001388888889, 138.69388888889 Origin Tokyo Haneda International Airport, Tokyo, Flag of Japan Japan Destination Osaka International Airport, Osaka, Flag of Japan Japan Deceased 520 Wounded 4 Involved Guy Boeing 747-SR46 Operator Japan Airlines Record JA8119 Passengers 509 Crew 15 Survivors 4 [edit data on Wikidata] All 15 crew members and 505 of the 509 passengers died (including the famous singer Kyu Sakamoto): a total of 520 dead. The four surviving women were located together in the rear of the plane: Yumi Ochiai (落合 由美 Ochiai Yumi), a 25-year-old off-duty JAL flight attendant, who was trapped

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