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- On Aug. 12, 1985 Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed, killing 520 people. It is still the deadliest single-plane crash.
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While he is teaching a young pilot, the aircraft crashes during a landing attempt and bursts into flames. The student is killed, though Edgar survives. Ten years later, Edgar is a Contract Air Mail pilot flying the rugged CAM-5 route between Elko, Nevada and Pasco, Washington .
- The Aviator, 1981 novel, by Ernest K. Gann
- Mace Neufeld, Thomas H. Brodek
Aug 11, 2015 · Aug. 11, 2015, 12:36 PM PDT / Updated Aug. 11, 2015, 10:17 AM PDT. On Aug. 12, 1985 Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed, killing 520 people. It is still the deadliest single-plane crash.
- NBC Universal
Japan Airlines flight 123, crash of a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on August 12, 1985, in southern Gumma prefecture, Japan, northwest of Tokyo, that killed 520 people. The incident is one of the deadliest single-plane crashes in history. Domestic flight JAL 123 departed Tokyo’s Haneda airport.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 2, 2024 · On August 12, 1985, Flight 123 was 12 minutes into its trip from Haneda Airport to Osaka when the rear bulkhead at the back of the plane loudly exploded, according to the Federal Aviation...
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- Grace Eliza Goodwin
Jun 20, 1987 · Japanese government investigators said Friday that faulty repairs by the Boeing Co. were the cause of the 1985 crash of a Japan Air Lines jumbo jet in which 520 people died in history's...
Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 12 1985, the world’s worst single-aircraft disaster occurred as a crippled Japan Airlines Boeing 747 on a domestic flight crashed into a mountain, killing 520 people. (Four people survived.)
Aug 11, 2020 · At around 6:56 p.m., the plane crashed into a ridge on Mount Osutakayama in Gunma Prefecture. The crash killed 520 passengers and flight crew members. Only four people, severely injured,...
