Posted: July 21, 2025 | Last updated: July 21, 2025 Japan Airlines Flight 123 remains the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history, with over 500 lives lost due to a tragic mechanical failure.

Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history: the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, which killed 520 passengers and crew. “In what apparently is the ...

The last one was in 1985, when a Japan Airlines plane crashed and killed 505 passengers and 15 crew members, causing ridership to plummet in the months after. On August 12, 1985, Flight 123 was 12 ...

Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history: the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, which killed 520 passengers and crew.

Everyone on the Japan Airlines flight survived, but five died on the smaller plane. The last time a JAL plane was involved in a fatal crash was in 1985, the deadliest single plane crash ever.