Japan Air Lines Flight 471
1972 aviation accident
JA8012, the aircraft involved, at
John F. Kennedy International Airport
in 1970
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Accident | |
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Date | 14 June 1972 |
Summary |
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Site | near Palam International Airport , New Delhi |
Total fatalities | 86 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-53 |
Aircraft name | Akan |
Operator | Japan Air Lines |
Registration | JA8012 |
Flight origin | Tokyo International Airport (TYO/RJTT), Tokyo , Japan |
1st stopover | Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
2nd stopover | Don Mueang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Bangkok , Thailand |
3rd stopover | Palam International Airport (DEL/VIDP), New Delhi , India |
4th stopover | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Cairo , Egypt |
5th stopover | Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO/LIRF), Rome , Italy |
6th stopover | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Frankfurt , West Germany |
Destination | Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), London , United Kingdom |
Occupants | 87 |
Passengers | 76 |
Crew | 11 |
Fatalities | 82 |
Survivors | 5 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 4 |
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 was a Japan Air Lines international flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport ) in New Delhi, India. On 14 June 1972 the Douglas DC-8-53 operating the flight, registered JA8012, crashed short of the New Delhi airport, killing 82 of 87 occupants: 10 of 11 crew members, and 72 of 76 passengers. Four people on the ground were also killed. [1]
Passengers
Sixteen of the dead were Americans. [2] Brazilian actress Leila Diniz was also among those killed, [3] as was the sole Indian passenger on the flight, [4] Dr. K.K.P. Narasinga Rao, a senior official of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations .
One of the cabin attendants that were killed in the crash was the sister of San'yūtei Enraku V . [5]
Sequence of events
The flight was on the Bangkok-New Delhi portion of its Tokyo-London route when the accident occurred. The flight took off from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok at 11:21 UTC en route to New Delhi. At 14:43 UTC, the flight was given clearance for a straight-in ILS approach to runway 28. The plane crashed into the banks of the Yamuna River not long after the 23 mile (43 km) report from the DME . [6]
Cause
The exact cause of the accident remains disputed. Investigators representing Japan pointed to the possibility of a false glide path signal causing the crash. Indian investigators claimed the crash was caused by pilot error , specifically the captain ignoring instrument indications and not having sight of the runway (the first officer was flying the approach to New Delhi). [1]
See also
- Indian Airlines Flight 440 , another aviation disaster that took place at Palam less than a year after Japan Airlines Flight 471.
References
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Ranter, Harro.
"14 JUN 1972 Douglas DC-8-53 Japan Air Lines – JAL"
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Aviation Safety Network
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Flight Safety Foundation
. Retrieved
March 23,
2009
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Death Toll in Air Disasters Heavy" . Oshkosh Northwestern . United Press International . June 15, 1972 . Retrieved March 23, 2009 .
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"Nearly 200 die in Asian air crashes"
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The Bryan Times
. June 15, 1972
. Retrieved
February 11,
2020
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via Google News.
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ Indian Express edition of 14 06 1972
- ↑ "円楽さん不慮の死をとげた妹と易行院に" [ Mr. Enraku and his sister who died unexpectedly at Ikkyoin ] . nikkansports.com (in Japanese). November 1, 2009 . Retrieved March 16, 2023 .
- ↑ "Accidents JAL has caused other than Flight 123 Accident" . www.jal.com . Japan Airlines . Retrieved December 2, 2016 .
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