Japan Airlines Flight 350
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Coordinates: 35°33′13.45″N 139°46′56.02″E / 35.5537361°N 139.7822278°E
 Japan Airlines DC-8 similar to the plane that crashed. |
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| Date | February 9, 1982 |
| Type | Deliberate crash |
| Site | Tokyo, Japan |
| Passengers | 166 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 24 |
| Survivors | 150 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61[1] |
| Operator | Japan Airlines |
| Tail number | JA-8061 |
| Flight origin | Fukuoka Airport |
| Destination | Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) |
Japan Airlines Flight 350 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61, aircraft registration JA-8061, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Japan, to Tokyo. The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Tokyo Haneda Airport in Tokyo Bay. Flight 350 was Japan Airlines' first crash of the 1980s.[2]
The crew consisted of 35-year old Captain Seiji Katagiri (片桐 清二 Katagiri Seiji), 33-year old First Officer Yoshifumi Ishikawa, and 48-year old flight engineer Yoshimi Ozaki.[3] The cause of the crash was traced to Katagiri's deliberate engaging of the number 2 and 3 engine's thrust-reversers in flight, due to mental illness. 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 (980 ft) short of the runway.
Among the 166 passengers and 8 crew, 24 passengers were killed, with no losses among the crew. Following the accident, Katagiri, one of the first people to take a rescue boat, reportedly claimed to rescuers that he was an office worker to avoid detection.[4] The captain was later found to be suffering from a mental illness prior to the incident, which resulted in a decision that he was not guilty by reason of insanity.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 02091982
- ^ "History of JAL". Japan Airlines. http://www.jal.com/en/history/history/age_81-90.html. Retrieved 2006-12-14.
- ^ Stokes, Henry Scott. "COCKPIT FIGHT REPORTED ON JET THAT CRASHED IN TOKYO," The New York Times. February 14, 1982. Retrieved on June 24, 2011.
- ^ "Troubled Pilot". Time. 1982-03-01. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922801,00.html?iid=chix-sphere. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
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