Japan Airlines Flight 123, a Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka, suffers a bulkhead explosion 12 minutes into its flight that renders it uncontrollable; it crashes 32 minutes later on Mount Takamagahara, killing 520 of 524 people on board.
Japan Airlines Flight 123, a Boeing 747 flying from Haneda Airport to Osaka, suffers a bulkhead explosion 12 minutes into its flight that was the result of improper repairs from a tailstrike accident seven years earlier. The pilots struggled to control the aircraft for 32 minutes, until it crashed into Mount Takamagahara, killing 520 of 524 people on board.