Part 77: Japan

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This plane crash takes us to the Asian country of Japan which is located near South Korea and Russia.

WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH

Pictured above is the accident aircraft, photographed in 1984 a year before it crashed

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Pictured above is the accident aircraft, photographed in 1984 a year before it crashed.

Japan Air Lines Flight 123, registered as Juliet Alpha 8119 (JA8119), was a scheduled domestic Japan Air Lines passenger flight from Haneda Airport (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT), Tokyo to Itami International Airport (IATA: ITM, ICAO: RJOO), Osaka, on the 12th of August 1985, the Boeing 747SR operating this flight suffered a sudden decompression 12 minutes into the flight and it crashed in the area of Mount Takamagahara, Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kilometres from Tokyo, 32 minutes after the plane encountered the problem, the crash site where the plane crashed was on Osutaka Ridge, near Mount Osutaka, the crash of Flight 123 is the single deadliest aircraft crash to involve just one plane in commercial aviation history, of the 524 people on board the flight only 4 people survived the crash the other 520 people were killed in the crash.

At about 6:24pm local time, 12 minutes after the plane took off, the plane was near it's cruising altitude over the Sagami Bay, 5.6 kilometres east of Shizuoka, the plane suffered a rapid decompression, which brought down the ceiling around the rear lavatories, damaging the aft fuselage of the plane, the decompression caused the vertical stabiliser (the tail of the aircraft) to blow off, which caused the four hydraulic lines which were in the tail to be severed.

The plane was in a 40 degree right hand bank when the Number 4 engine (the further engine on the right side of the plane) struck trees on top of a ridge which then caused the plane to bank sharply to the right, the nose of the aircraft dropped, the plane then flipped onto it's back after it hit another ridge, the plane then struck another ridge near Mount Takamagahara and the plane exploded into a fireball, the estimated time of the crash was said to be 06:56:30pm.

The summary of the crash was Crashed following an in flight structural failure due to improper maintenance, leading to rapid decompression and loss of control systems exacerbated by hypoxia.

Pictured below is the crash site of the plane.

Pictured below is the route the plane took before it crashed into the mountains

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Pictured below is the route the plane took before it crashed into the mountains.

Pictured below is the accident plane without it's tail, which was found in Sagami Bay, this photo was taken by an amateur photographer

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Pictured below is the accident plane without it's tail, which was found in Sagami Bay, this photo was taken by an amateur photographer.

Pictured below is the accident plane without it's tail, which was found in Sagami Bay, this photo was taken by an amateur photographer

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Pictured below is the inside of the accident plane, this photo was recovered from the crash site, yes this is an actual photo.

Below is a video which explains what happened that night, video credit goes to Disaster Breakdown on Youtube, video is done by Chloe Howie

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Below is a video which explains what happened that night, video credit goes to Disaster Breakdown on Youtube, video is done by Chloe Howie.

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