Japan Airlines Flight 350
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| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 9, 1982 |
| Type | Deliberate Crash |
| Site | Tokyo, Japan |
| Fatalities | 24 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Operator | Japan Airlines |
| Tail number | JA8061 |
| Passengers | 166 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Survivors | 150 |
Japan Airlines Flight 350 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61, aircraft registration JA8061, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Japan, to Tokyo. The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Tokyo Haneda Airport, Japan Airlines' first crash of the 1980s. [1]
The cause of the crash was traced to the Captain's reversal of the DC-8's inboard engines, engines 2 & 3, in flight, in order to destroy the aircraft. The First Officer and Flight Engineer worked to restrain him and regain control. Despite their best efforts, the DC-8's descent could not be completely checked, and it touched down in shallow water 300 meters (984 feet) short of the runway.
Among the 166 passengers and 8 crew, 24 passengers were killed, with no losses among the crew. It was later learned that the captain was known to be mentally ill, and had suffered from a psychosomatic illness prior to the incident.
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- ^ History of JAL. Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 14, 2006.
