Disasters: Last Minutes of JAL 123; Disasters: Last Minutes of JAL 123. 18 minute read. ... The sailors discovered floating on the waves a 15-ft. section of the 747’s 35-ft.-high vertical tail fin.

The plane that flew JAL 123 was a short-range 747 built by Boeing in 1974. ... Tail strikes can be a serious but uncommon incident. “They sure don’t happen every day,” says John Purvis, ...

On Aug.12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, bound for Osaka International Airport. Onboard were a mix of passengers — businessmen, families returning from ...

Picture: JAL puts flight 123 Boeing 747 crash wreckage on display to promote safety. 2006-04-20T11:00:00+01:00. by Nicholas Ionides in Singapore Japan Airlines (JAL), ...

UENO, Gunma Prefecture--On the 36th anniversary of the deadly crash of a JAL jumbo jet in 1985, Kuniko Miyajima climbed Mount Osutakayama with other bereaved families on Aug. 12 to remember her ...