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✈ We all know about Air India 171, but there’s a plane crash that Boeing never wanted you to know about. Japan Airlines Flight 123—the deadliest disaster caused by Boeing.

đŸ’„ What happened that day is far more terrifying than any flight you’d ever imagine. The details are chilling, and the consequences are still felt to this day.

👀 The story you haven’t heard, the truth they’ve tried to bury.

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More than 37 years later, Japan Airlines flight 123 remains the world’s deadliest-ever single-aircraft accident ever, as well as the deadliest plane crash to have occurred on Japanese soil. Out of the 524 passengers and crew onboard the flight, only four survived the crash. Till today, some have called their survival a miracle, considering the impact of the crash. Today, we will look at the stories of flight 123 and its survivors.

The tragedy of flight 123

Japan Airlines flight 123 was a domestic service that originated at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND), one of the two major airports serving Tokyo, alongside Narita. Its destination was Itami Airport (ITM), then Osaka’s primary international airport, and has since been transformed into a domestic hub serving the cities of Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka after Kansai International Airport was opened.

The flight fell near the popular Obon holiday in Japan, where people return to their hometowns or go on vacations, and was therefore almost full. Japan Airlines flight 123 had 509 passengers onboard and was accompanied by a 15-person crew, giving a total occupancy of 524 people. The 747-100SR operating the flight bears the registration JA8119.

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Photo: JTSB | Wikimedia Commons

The service, which took off on August 12th, 1985, was operated by a Boeing 747-100SR. It was a high-density variant of the original 747-100 model, which was specifically designed to operate on Japan’s busy domestic corridors. Widebody aircraft are still a common sight on Japanese domestic services today.

The 747-100SR operating the flight bears the registration JA8119. Just over seven years before the accident, in June 1978, JA8119 suffered a tailstrike while landing at Itami Airport. This damaged the rear of the aircraft’s fuselage, as well as its rear pressure bulkhead, forcing it to be sidelined for repairs. However, these repairs were found to have been carried out improperly, resulting in the development of fatigue cracks affecting the rear bulkhead.

Japan Airlines 123 remains the deadliest air accident in Japanese aviation history while also retaining the title of the deadliest crash involving a single aircraft due to the tight configuration of the jet. JAL and Japanese aviation have learned much from the accident and have integrated safety culture into their operations, shown by the recent Japanese Airlines collision at Haneda where all crews and passengers on board the Airbus 350 survived, partly thanks to the professionalism of the crew.