All Nippon Airways Flight 60

All Nippon Airways Flight 60

Occurrence
Date	February 4, 1966
Summary	Landing
Site	Tokyo Bay, Japan
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-81
Operator	All Nippon Airways
Registration	JA8302disaster
Passengers	126
Crew	7
Fatalities	133
Survivors	0

All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 60 was a Boeing 727-81 aircraft that crashed on February 4, 1966. All 133 passengers and crew were lost when the aircraft crashed into Tokyo Bay about 10.4 km (6.5 miles) from Tokyo's Haneda International Airport in clear weather conditions while on a night approach.

This accident was one of five fatal aircraft disasters -- four commercial and one military -- in Japan in 1966. One month later Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 struck the approach lights and a seawall at Tokyo International, killing 64 of 72 on board. Less than 24 hours later, BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707, taxied past the still smoldering wreckage of that DC-8, then broke up in flight shortly after departure, killing all 124 passengers and crew. The combined effect of these three accidents shook public confidence in commercial aviation in Japan, and both Japan Air Lines and All Nippon Airways were forced to cut back some domestic service due to reduced demand.

References

• AirDisaster.Com Accident Database, Accident Synopsis 02041966
• AirSafe.com Fatal Boeing 727 Events
• Reuters (1966-03-19). "Japan's airlines cut Tokyo-Osaka runs". The New York Times. Japan Air Lines and All Nippon Airways announced today a reduction in their flights between Tokyo and Osaka following three air crashes in the last six weeks. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help); Text "page 58" ignored (help)