On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara, claiming 520 lives - the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history. Discover how a preventable failure became a ...

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.

Half an hour into its flight, Japan Airlines flight 123 crashed on a ridge near Mount Osutaka. Of the 524 passengers, only four survived. It was the deadliest single accident in the history of ...

For Boeing, the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 forced the company to make changes. “We looked upon it as a real chance to learn a lot of lessons,” says Purvis.

A wristwatch frozen at 6:56 honors the moment when Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into a mountain in 1985, a deadly crash that led to improved repair protocols across the industry.

Japan Airlines Flight 123 - a Boeing 747 - was en route to Tokyo from Osaka on 12 August 1985, when it came down on the forested mountainside. All but four people on board were killed. Experts decided ...

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 ...

Half an hour into its flight, Japan Airlines flight 123 crashed on a ridge near Mount Osutaka. Of the 524 passengers, only four survived. It was the deadliest single accident in the history of ...