- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | February 09, 1982 |
Time: | 0847 |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
Operator: | Japan Air Lines |
Flight #: | 350 |
Route: | Fukuoka - Tokyo |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 |
Registration: | JA-8061 |
cn / ln: | 45889/291 |
Aboard: | 174 (passengers:166 crew:8) |
Fatalities: | 24 (passengers:24 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft flew into shallow water, 100 yards meters short of the runway, after a struggle between a mentally ill captain and the co-pilot and flight engineer. The plane hit approach-light stanchions extending above the bay waters after which the nose broke off. During the approach, the captain, known to have mental problems, put the inboard engines into reverse in an attempt to destroy the aircraft while the co-pilot and flight engineer battled to restrain him. |
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