Japan Air Lines Flight 350

Japan Air Lines Flight 350
日本航空350便
Wreckage of JA8061
Occurrence
Date9 February 1982 (1982-02-09)
SummaryDeliberate crash by pilot
SiteHaneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
35°32′14″N 139°46′57″E / 35.53729°N 139.78244°E / 35.53729; 139.78244
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas DC-8-61[1]
OperatorJapan Air Lines
IATA flight No.JL350
ICAO flight No.JAL350
Call signJAPAN AIR 350
RegistrationJA8061
Flight originFukuoka Airport
DestinationHaneda Airport
Occupants174
Passengers166
Crew8
Fatalities24
InjuriesSeveral
Survivors150

Japan Air Lines Flight 350 (日本航空350便, Nihonkōkū 350 Bin) was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61, registered JA8061, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, to Tokyo in Japan.[2] The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Haneda Airport in Tokyo Bay, resulting in 24 fatalities.[3] Flight 350 was the first crash for Japan Air Lines in the 1980s.[4] The investigation traced the cause of the crash to the deliberate actions of the captain.

  1. ^ Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 02091982[usurped]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference aviation-safety.net was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Chen, P. Y. (15 February 1982). "The pilot of a Japan Air Lines DC-8 jet..." UPI. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "History of JAL". Japan Airlines. Retrieved 14 December 2006.