The 1985 Japan Airlines crash killed 520 of the 524 people on ... Flight 123 was 12 minutes into its trip from Haneda Airport to Osaka when the rear bulkhead at the back of the plane loudly ...

On Aug. 12, 1985, a Japan Air Lines jumbo jet lost its vertical tail section on a flight from Tokyo to Osaka. The Boeing 747 flew in circles for half an hour before crashing into a 7,000-foot ...

On Aug.12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, bound for Osaka International Airport. Onboard were a mix of passengers — businessmen, families returning from ...

The 1985 Japan Airlines crash killed 520 of the 524 people on board, and the four survivors waited 14 hours for rescuers. Menu icon A vertical stack of three evenly spaced horizontal lines.