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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.