JAL Plane Crash Victims Mourned 41 Years After Accident
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The Tragedy of Japan Airlines Flight 123: More than 500 Dead, Four Survivors and a Desperate Message
On August 12, 1985, a Boeing 747 of the Japanese company crashed into a saw on its way to Osaka. It is to this day the largest aviation accident involving a single aircraft. The latest ground communications, the revealing contents of the black box and the testimonies of the four women who lived to tell it.
On the 12th, 41 years passed since the Japan Airlines (JAL) jumbo jet crash that killed 520 passengers and crew members. Despite the rain, bereaved families climbed to the crash site, "Mount Osutaka Ridge" (Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture), early in the morning to quietly mourn the victims…
On this day: A Japan Air Lines Boeing crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 people in 1985
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 13: 1910 – Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, died. 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer of the operas “Werther” and “Manon”, died. 1920 – British golfer Edward Ray wins U.S. Open, becoming the tournament’s oldest champion. 1961 – The border between East and West Berlin was closed at the Brandenburg Gate, heralding construction of the Berlin Wall. 1985 – A J…
A repair error remains hidden inside the fuselage of a Boeing 747. 7 years later, on August 12, 1985, at 24,000 feet above Japan, the metal finally… 1 error, 32 minutes of terror in the air, 520 dead – A Boeing flew with a broken tail - ΙΝΑΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
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