Japan Airlines Flight 350

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Japan Airlines Flight 350
日本航空350便
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A Japan Airlines DC-8 similar to the plane that crashed.
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 Airlines
Registration JA8061
Flight origin Fukuoka Airport
Destination Haneda Airport

Japan Airlines 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, 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. The investigation traced the cause of the crash to the deliberate actions of the captain.

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.[2] 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][2] Another report was that, during descent, Katagiri "cancelled autopilot, pushed his controls forward and retarded the throttles to idle."[3] The first officer and Flight Engineer worked to restrain him and regain control. Despite their 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, told rescuers that he was an office worker, to avoid being identified as the captain.[4] 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.[5] Flight 350 was Japan Airlines' first crash of the 1980s.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 02091982
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stokes, Henry Scott. "Cockpit Fight Reported on Jet That Crashed in Tokyo," The New York Times. 14 February 1982. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Aviation Safety Network, Accident description. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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