Japan Airlines Flight 350
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A Japan Airlines DC-8 similar to the plane that crashed. | |
| Occurrence summary | |
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| Date | 9 February 1982 |
| Summary | Deliberate crash |
| Site |
Tokyo, Japan 35°33′13″N 139°46′56″E / 35.55361°N 139.78222°ECoordinates: 35°33′13″N 139°46′56″E / 35.55361°N 139.78222°E |
| Passengers | 166 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 24 |
| Survivors | 150 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61[1] |
| Operator | Japan Airlines |
| Registration | JA8061 |
| Flight origin | Fukuoka Airport |
| Destination | Haneda Airport |
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Japan Airlines Flight 350(日本航空350便墜落事故) was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61, registered JA8061, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Japan, to Tokyo. The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Haneda Airport in Tokyo Bay. Flight 350 was Japan Airlines' first crash of the 1980s.[2]
Flight
The crew consisted of 35-year-old Captain Seiji Katagiri (片桐 清二 Katagiri Seiji), 33-year-old First Officer Yoshifumi Ishikawa, and 48-year-old flight engineer Yoshimi Ozaki.[3] The cause of the crash was traced to Katagiri's deliberate crashing the plane. One report was that he engaged the inboard engines' thrust-reversers in flight.[1][3] Another report was that, during descent, Katagiri "cancelled autopilot, pushed his controls forward and retarded the throttles to idle."[4] The first officer and flight engineer worked to restrain him and regain control. Despite their best efforts, the DC-8's descent could not be completely checked, and it touched down in shallow water 300 meters (980 ft) short of the runway.
Among the 166 passengers and eight crew, 24 died. Following the accident, Katagiri, one of the first people to take a rescue boat, reportedly told rescuers that he was an office worker, to avoid being identified as the captain.[5] Katagiri was later found to be suffering from a mental illness prior to the incident, which resulted in a decision that he was not guilty by reason of insanity.[6]
See also
- Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8 family
- Air safety
- List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location § Japan
- List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
- Specific incidents
- EgyptAir Flight 990
- Federal Express Flight 705
- Germanwings Flight 9525
- LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470
- Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
- Pacific Air Lines Flight 773
- Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
- Royal Air Maroc Flight 630
- SilkAir Flight 185
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 02091982
- ↑ "History of JAL". Japan Airlines. Retrieved 14 December 2006.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stokes, Henry Scott. "Cockpit Fight Reported on Jet That Crashed in Tokyo," The New York Times. 14 February 1982. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network, Accident description, accessed 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Troubled Pilot". Time. 1 March 1982. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
- ↑ Shreeya Sinha (March 26, 2015). "A History of Crashes Caused by Pilots’ Intentional Acts". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
Seiji Katagiri, 35, the pilot of a Japan Air Lines DC-8 sent the plane into Tokyo Bay moments before it was to land on Feb. 9, 1982, killing 24 of the 166 passengers on board. Mr. Katagiri, who survived the crash, was prosecuted, but he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He had a history of 'psychosomatic disorders' in late 1980, but airline doctors said he was fit for duty.
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