An investigation confirmed the mask came from the jumbo jet, but it was unclear if it was used by a passenger, JAL said. A construction worker using a power shovel uncovered the mask during ...

Its worst ever was in 1985, when a JAL jumbo jet flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed in central Gunma region, killing 520 passengers and crew. That disaster was one of the world's deadliest plane ...

UENO, Gunma Prefecture--On the 36th anniversary of the deadly crash of a JAL jumbo jet in 1985, Kuniko Miyajima climbed Mount Osutakayama with other bereaved families on Aug. 12 to remember her ...

A ROCKET jet has hit a dizzying new speed of over ... could carry just as many passengers or as much cargo as today’s jumbo jets. They carried out the test flight at the Jiuquan Satellite ...

Just four people survived. Hundreds of people on Wednesday are expected to attend ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people on board ...

The Japan Transport Safety Board, which last month released an interim report on a deadly collision between a Japan Airlines passenger plane and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that occurred on a ...

Tottori says the crash of a JAL jumbo jet in 1985 that killed 520 people on board determined her vocational mindset: safety as the highest priority. "Our business cannot exist without proper ...

Japan has not experienced a serious commercial air crash for decades. In 1985, a JAL jumbo jet flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed, killing 520 passengers and crew, in one of the world's deadliest ...

Scientists in China have announced that a jumbo jet prototype built by them had managed to reach hypersonic speeds (Mach 5 and above) during a flight test. The scientists claim that the aircraft ...

A collision between a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) aircraft and a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport at the start of 2024 was caused by a series of human errors, a transport ...

He has covered events ranging from the JAL jumbo jet crash in 1985 to the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake in 1995. He joined NHK World in 2010 and has been working on live shows and sports features ...