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Japan Airlines Flight 123

520Fatalities
4Survivors
524On board

Accident details

What happened

A Boeing 747 operating a domestic flight in Japan, crashes into Mount Takamagahara after suffering a rapid decompression that severs all hydraulic lines and renders the aircraft uncontrollable; with the loss of 520 of the 524 people on board, this is the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history to date.

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