People commemorate the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, one of the deadliest accidents in aviation history. | Nippon TV News24 Japan

Deadliest single plane crash in history. On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 took off from Tokyo and never made it to its destination. A hidden flaw from a 1978 tailstrike doomed the Boeing 747 146SR JA8119, leading to explosive decompression, the loss of its tail and hydraulics, and a desperate 32 minute fight to stay in the air. This is the story of the final moments over the mountains of Japan. | AviationCircle

Japan Airlines Flight 123, also known as JAL 123, was a domestic Japan Airlines passenger flight from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport, Japan. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 suffered a catastrophic decompression 12 minutes into the flight and subsequently crashed into two ridges of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 32 minutes later. This accident is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. The primary cause of the crash was the failure of t