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On This Day August 12 1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 Crashed in Gunma Prefecture

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On This Day August 12 1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 Crashed in Gunma Prefecture.

On this day August 12 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into Osutaka Ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, resulting in the deaths of 520 people. It remains the deadliest single aircraft accident in aviation history involving just one plane.

The Boeing 747 was en route from Tokyo to Osaka when it suffered a catastrophic failure in its rear pressure bulkhead just 12 minutes after takeoff. The rupture led to the loss of the aircraft’s vertical stabilizer and all hydraulic systems, rendering...
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