List of Japan Airlines incidents and accidents explained

This article lists Japan Airlines incidents and accidents. (Bold dates - onboard fatalities)

1950s

1960s

1970s

1970–1974

1975–1979

1982–1986

1991–1997

2001

2013–2018

2020–2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Accident description Martin 2-0-2 N93043. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2011-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20111125030839/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520409-0. live.
  2. Web site: Accident description Douglas DC-4-1009 JA6011. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2012-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025035718/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570930-0. live.
  3. Web site: Accident description Douglas DC-8-32 JA8003. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2012-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025035745/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610425-0. live.
  4. Web site: Accident description Douglas C-54-DO JA6003. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2012-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025035814/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620410-0. live.
  5. Web site: Accident description Convair CV-880-22M-22 JA8023. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2012-07-12. https://archive.today/20120712102252/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650227-0. live.
  6. Web site: Accident description Douglas DC-8-33 JA8006. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2011-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717180525/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19651225-0. live.
  7. Web site: Crash of a Beechcraft H18 in Murayama. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. 2022-04-02. 2021-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225023125/http://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-beechcraft-h18-murayama. live.
  8. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 JA8032. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2015-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150320083319/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19681122-0. live.
  9. Web site: NTSB Identification: DCA69A0005. NTSB. 1968-11-22. 2009-08-18. 2008-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20081017194256/http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=9292&key=0. live.
  10. News: JAL pilots cited in other crashes, Section 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015135712/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1985_30703. 15 October 2012. Houston Chronicle. 14 August 1985. 3. dead.
  11. Web site: Accident description Convair CV-880-22M-3 JA8028. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2015-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20150501180954/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690624-0. live.
  12. Web site: The heartbreaking story behind photo of boy falling from plane above Sydney. 2021-09-26. 2021-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803045431/https://au.news.yahoo.com/heartbreaking-story-behind-49-year-old-photograph-034315026.html. live.
  13. Web site: DC8-62 Aircraft JA-8031, Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, on 22 February 1970. 24 July 2023. 24 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230724001224/https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1970/aair/aair197001258. live.
  14. Web site: Movements of the Japanese Red Army and the "Yodo-go" Group . 2003 . 12 . National Police Agency Japan . 2007-03-15 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110323030221/http://www.npa.go.jp/keibi/kokutero1/english/pdf/sec03.pdf . 2011-03-23 .
  15. Web site: Hijacking description Boeing 727-89 JA8315. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2007-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20071210095541/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700331-0. live.
  16. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53 JA8012. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2011-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20110319033012/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720614-1. live.
  17. News: 16 Americans Among 84 Killed In Plane Crash at New Delhi. PDF. Ironwood Daily Globe. 1972-06-15. 2009-08-18.
  18. Web site: Hijacking description Boeing 727 6 NOV 1972. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2014-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223651/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721106-0. live.
  19. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 JA8040. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2013-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20130615235436/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721128-1. live.
  20. "3 seize jet with 145 aboard, order it flown to Mideast", Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1973, p.1-2
  21. Web site: Hijacking description Boeing 747-246B JA8109. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2015-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150506234753/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730723-0. live.
  22. Web site: Hijacking description Boeing 747 12 MAR 1974. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2009-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090709115332/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740312-0. live.
  23. Barbara A. Munce, "Inflight gastroenteritis significance for air crew", Cabin Crew Safety, vol. 24, no. 6, p. 2, Flight Safety Foundation, November/December 1989.
  24. Lawrence K. Altman, Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-experimentation in Medicine, pp. 179-180, University of California Press, 1987 .
  25. Associated Press, "Catering company official takes own life in wake of food poisoning probe", The Bulletin, p. 7, 10 February 1975.
  26. Web site: Accident description Boeing 747-246B JA8122. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2014-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108213302/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19751216-0. live.
  27. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62AF JA8054. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2015-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150320133043/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770113-0. live.
  28. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62H JA8051. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-18. 2015-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20150321014255/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770927-0. live.
  29. News: Airline accidents. PDF. Flight International. Reed Business Information. 1977-10-08. 2009-08-19. 2015-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084447/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%202959.html?search=Japan%20Air%20Lines. live.
  30. News: Japan agrees to ransom Japanese Red Army releases hostages. The Kingman Daily Miner. 2. 1977-09-29. 2009-08-19.
  31. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 JA8061. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-19. 2015-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150430010155/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820209-0. live.
  32. News: A History of Crashes Caused by Pilots' Intentional Acts. The New York Times. 26 March 2015. Sinha. Shreeya. 2 March 2017. 19 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150519005510/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/26/world/history-plane-crashes-pilots.html?_r=0. live.
  33. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 JA8048. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-19. 2014-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111085852/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820917-0. live.
  34. Web site: Accident description Boeing 747SR-46 JA8119. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-19. 2011-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110906025730/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850812-1. live.
  35. Web site: Weiss. Lawrence D.. Unfriendly skies: The extraordinary flight of JAL 1628, Alaska's best known UFO encounter. 2021-05-24. The Anchorage Press. en. 2021-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210524162550/https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/unfriendly-skies-the-extraordinary-flight-of-jal-1628-alaska-s-best-known-ufo-encounter/article_8e2d3270-f9d5-11e9-b9db-7ba9229138ae.html. live.
  36. Web site: Accident description Boeing 747-246B JA8161. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-19. 2009-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090709122028/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19911002-0. live.
  37. Web site: Accident description Boeing 747-121 N473EV. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-19. 2009-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090709122242/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930331-0. live.
  38. News: Japan Airlines 706 Accident Investigation Report. Japan Airlines Captain Association. 2009-08-19. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204108/http://www.jalcrew.jp/jca/old/706/706%20Accident%20Investigation%20Report%20TST%28Body%29.pdf. dead.
  39. News: JAL captain indicted for alleged 1997 midair error. Japan Transportation Scan. 2009-08-19.
  40. News: JAL pilot found not guilty of negligence. The Japan Times Online. 2004-07-31. 2009-08-19. 2012-07-14. https://archive.today/20120714162802/search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20040731a4.html. live.
  41. Web site: Accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 JA8546. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-19. 2013-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20130704031132/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010131-2. live.
  42. Web site: Accident description Boeing 747-446D JA8904. Aviation Safety Network. 2009-08-19. 2012-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025045730/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010131-3. live.
  43. News: Fire Breaks Out in parked Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner. January 7, 2013. CBS. March 15, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606035041/http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/01/07/smoke-reported-in-cockpit-of-japan-airlines-flight-at-logan-airport/. June 6, 2013. live.
  44. Press Release – FAA Statement . Federal Aviation Administration . January 16, 2013 . Laura . Brown . Brie . Sachse . May 11, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512183213/http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=14233 . May 12, 2013 . live .
  45. News: Boeing Fix for Battery Is Approved by F.A.A. . The New York Times . April 19, 2013 . Christopher . Drew . Jad . Mouawad . February 27, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130024120/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/business/faa-endorses-boeing-remedy-for-787-battery.html . November 30, 2016 . live .
  46. News: November 1, 2018. Drunk Japanese pilot arrested at Heathrow Airport. BBC News. November 1, 2018. November 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181101174221/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46062122. live.
  47. Web site: Incident: JAL B772 at Okinawa on Dec 4th 2020, engine shut down in flight after uncontained failure, parts of engine cowl dropped. 2021-03-23. 2021-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210222195140/https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4e011c3a. live.
  48. News: 2 January 2024 . All passengers, crew escape fireball on Japan Airlines plane after airport collision . 2 January 2024.
  49. Web site: 2 January 2024 . JA13XJ Japan Airlines Airbus A350-941 . 2 January 2024 . www.planespotters.net . en . 2 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102101741/https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/airbus-a350-900-ja13xj-japan-airlines/enlwjj . live .