Flights Gone Wrong

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Japan Airlines

Events

  • 12 August 1985

    Japan Air Lines Flight 123

    Japan Air Lines Flight 123 left Tokyo's Haneda Airport for Osaka on the evening of 12 August 1985, at the start of the Obon holiday, with 509 passengers and 15 crew.

    3 videos
    • Disaster Breakdown
    • Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
    • Fascinating Horror

Videos

  1. Japan Air Lines Flight 123: The Faulty Repair Behind 520 Deaths

    DocumentaryFascinating Horror · 12:20

    Event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)

  2. Japan Air Lines Flight 123: How the Bulkhead Burst Took the Tail

    DocumentarySmithsonian Channel Aviation Nation · 4:01

    Event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)

  3. Japan Air Lines Flight 123: The Obon Flight and the 1978 Repair

    DocumentaryDisaster Breakdown · 14:50

    Event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)