All Nippon Airways Flight 60

All Nippon Airways Flight 60
An ANA 727-81, similar to the accident aircraft.
Accident
DateFebruary 4, 1966 (1966-02-04)
SummaryCrashed into Tokyo Bay due to undetermined reasons[1]
SiteTokyo Bay, near Haneda International Airport, Tokyo, Japan
35°29′26.905″N 139°51′22.914″E / 35.49080694°N 139.85636500°E / 35.49080694; 139.85636500
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 727-81
OperatorAll Nippon Airways
IATA flight No.NH60
ICAO flight No.ANA60
Call signALL NIPPON 8302[2]
RegistrationJA8302
Flight originChitose Airport
DestinationHaneda International Airport
Occupants133
Passengers126
Crew7
Fatalities133
Survivors0

All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 60 (全日空60便, Zennikkū 60 Bin) was a Boeing 727-81 aircraft making a domestic commercial flight in Japan from Sapporo Chitose Airport to Tokyo Haneda International Airport. On February 4, 1966, all 133 people on board died when the plane mysteriously crashed into Tokyo Bay about 10.4 km (6.5 mi; 5.6 nmi) from Haneda in clear weather conditions while on a night approach. The accident was the worst involving a single aircraft in Japan and also the deadliest accident in the country until All Nippon Airways Flight 58 crashed 5 years later, killing 162 people.

  1. ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
  2. ^ Yanagida, Kunio (1986). マッハの恐怖 [Mach's Fear] (in Japanese). Shinchoshya. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-4-10124905-6.