Japan Airlines Flight 123

Japan Airlines flight 123 (JAL123, JL123), a Boeing 747SR-46, JA8119, crashed into the ridge of Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, Japan 100 km from Tokyo, on Monday August 12, 1985. The crash site was on Osutakano-O'ne (Osutaka Ridge), near Mount Osutaka.

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Japan Airlines - Boeing 747 - Mount Takamagahara - Gunma Prefecture - Japan - Tokyo - August 12 - 1985 - Mount Osutaka

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It remains the worst single-aircraft disaster in history. All 15 crew members and 505 out of 509 passengers died (including the famous singer Kyu Sakamoto) resulting in a total of 520 deaths. There were four survivors, all passengers, though one of the survivors, Yumi Ochiai, was an off-duty Japan Airlines (JAL) flight attendant. All four survivors were female—the off-duty flight attendant, age 25, who was jammed between a number of seats; a 34-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter, who were trapped in an intact section of the fuselage; and a 12-year-old girl who was found sitting on a branch up in a tree.

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Kyu Sakamoto - Fuselage

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