Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1972)
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 was a flight from London to Tokyo via Frankfurt, Rome, Beirut, Tehran, Bombay, Bangkok and Hong Kong. On September 24, 1972, the flight landed at Juhu Aerodrome near Bombay, India instead of the city's much larger Santacruz Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport) and overran the runway, resulting in the aircraft being written off after being damaged beyond economic repair.
A Douglas DC-8 used by Japan Airlines, similar to the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 September 1972 |
| Summary | Runway excursion due to pilot error |
| Site | Juhu Aerodrome, Bombay, India 19°05′57″N 72°50′20″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-53 |
| Operator | Japan Air Lines |
| Registration | JA8013 |
| Flight origin | London Heathrow Airport, London |
| Stopover | Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt |
| 1st stopover | Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome |
| 2nd stopover | Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, Beirut |
| 3rd stopover | Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran |
| 4th stopover | Santacruz Airport, Bombay |
| 5th stopover | Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok |
| Last stopover | Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong |
| Destination | Haneda Airport, Tokyo |
| Occupants | 122 |
| Passengers | 108 |
| Crew | 14 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 11 |
| Survivors | 122 |
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