Air Crash Investigations: The Deadliest Single Aircraft Accident in Aviation History the Crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781257835089)

On August 12, 1985, a Japan Airlines B-747 aircraft lost, shortly after take-off, part of its tail and crashed in the mountains northwest of Tokyo. Of the 524 persons on board 520 were killed, 4 survived the accident. The accident was caused by a rupture of the aft pressure bulkhead of the aircraft, and the subsequent ruptures of a part of the fuselage tail, vertical fin and hydraulic flight control systems. The rupture happened as the result of an improper repair after an accident with the aircraft in Osaka, in June 1978.

Author: Editor Hans Griffioen
ISBN-10: 1257835084
ISBN-13: 9781257835089
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 07/12/2011
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d