That evening, he boarded Japan Airlines 123, a Boeing 747. At the time, it was the world’s largest and most impressive passenger aircraft and had a virtually spotless safety record.

Flight 123 was running only twelve minutes behind its scheduled departure when it lifted off at 6:12 p.m. Tokyo time. Following its flight plan, the big plane headed south, climbed to 24,000 ft ...

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 ...

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 ...

JAL Flight 123 crashed on the mountain in Gunma Prefecture while its pilots fought the aircraft's catastrophic loss of hydraulic control, which occurred shortly after takeoff.

Picture: JAL puts flight 123 Boeing 747 crash wreckage on display to promote safety. 2006-04-20T11:00:00+01:00. by Nicholas Ionides in Singapore Japan Airlines (JAL), ...

Japan Airlines Flight 123: The crash that made outcasts of my children. On the 24th anniversary of the worst crash in aviation history, Elizabeth Grice talks to the lover of one of its victims ...

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.

JAL set up a Safety Promotion Center at the airport in 2006 to reflect lessons learned from the Aug. 12, 1985, crash of Flight 123 into a mountain north of Tokyo.