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 ...
Pilar Vera, 71, has come a long way in her fight to advocate for the rights of families of air accident victims since ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The double-decker aircraft pioneered the use of the term "jumbo jet." But the "Queen of the Skies" is growing old, and its four engines are thirstier than newer, more fuel-efficient jets.
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 ...
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 ...