Japan Air Lines Flight 350

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Japan Air Lines Flight 350
日本航空350便
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Wreckage of JA8061
Occurrence summary
Date 9 February 1982
Summary Deliberate crash by pilot
Site Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
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Passengers 166
Crew 8
Fatalities 24
Survivors 150
Aircraft type McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61[1]
Operator Japan Air Lines
Registration JA8061
Flight origin Fukuoka Airport
Destination Haneda Airport

Japan Air Lines Flight 350 (日本航空350便 Nihonkōkū 350 Bin?) was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61, registered JA8061, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, to Tokyo in Japan.[2] The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Haneda Airport in Tokyo Bay, resulting in 24 fatalities.[3] Flight 350 was the first crash for Japan Air Lines in the 1980s.[4] The investigation traced the cause of the crash to the deliberate actions of the captain.

Flight

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Crashed aircraft

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.[5] The cause of the crash was traced to Katagiri's deliberate crashing of the plane.

One report states that the captain engaged the inboard engines' thrust-reversers in flight.[1][5] Another report states that, during descent, Katagiri "cancelled autopilot, pushed his controls forward and retarded the throttles to idle."[2] Ishikawa and Ozaki worked to restrain Katagiri and regain control.[6] Despite their efforts, the DC-8's descent could not be completely checked and it touched down in shallow water 510 meters (1673 feet) short of the runway. During the crash, the cockpit section of the DC-8 separated from the rest of the fuselage and continued to travel for several meters before coming to a halt.[2]

Among the 166 passengers and 8 crew, 24 died. Following the accident, Katagiri, one of the first people to take a rescue boat, told rescuers that he was an office worker to avoid being identified as the captain.[7] Katagiri was later found to have paranoid schizophrenia[8] prior to the incident, which resulted in his being ruled not guilty by reason of insanity.[9] Investigators for the Japanese government attributed the incident to a lack of proper medical examinations which allowed Katagiri to fly.[8][10]

Katagiri has since been released from psychiatric care and lives near Mount Fuji.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Aviation Safety Network, Accident description. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Stokes, Henry Scott. "Cockpit Fight Reported on Jet That Crashed in Tokyo," The New York Times. 14 February 1982. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  11. ↑ The Suicidal Pilot Who Survived

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