Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045 was a charter flight on January 13, 1977, from Grant County, Washington, United States, to Tokyo, Japan, with a stopover in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The flight crashed during the initial climb phase, shortly after takeoff from Anchorage, in part because the flight captain, Hugh L. Marsh, was intoxicated as shown by a blood alcohol level of 0.29; the co-pilot and the other crew were not impaired. All of those on board, including three flight crew members and two cattle handlers, were killed in the crash.
A JAL Cargo DC-8, similar to the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 January 1977 |
| Summary | Stall on takeoff due to pilot error aggravated by intoxication and airframe icing |
| Site | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. 61°10′N 150°2′W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-62AF |
| Operator | JAL Cargo (Japan Air Lines) |
| IATA flight No. | JL1045 |
| ICAO flight No. | JAL1045 |
| Call sign | JAPAN AIR 1045 |
| Registration | JA8054 |
| Flight origin | Grant County International Airport, Grant County, Washington, U.S. |
| Stopover | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
| Destination | Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupants | 5 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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