Japan Air Lines Flight 350
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. The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Haneda Airport in Tokyo Bay, resulting in 24 fatalities. Flight 350 was the first crash for Japan Air Lines in the 1980s. The investigation traced the cause of the crash to the deliberate actions of the captain.
Wreckage of JA8061 | |
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 February 1982 |
| Summary | Deliberate crash by pilot |
| Site | Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan 35.53729°N 139.78244°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 |
| Operator | Japan Air Lines |
| IATA flight No. | JL350 |
| ICAO flight No. | JAL350 |
| Call sign | JAPAN AIR 350 |
| Registration | JA8061 |
| Flight origin | Fukuoka Airport |
| Destination | Haneda Airport |
| Passengers | 166 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 24 |
| Injuries | Several |
| Survivors | 150 |
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