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Japan Airlines Flight 715

34Fatalities
45Survivors
79On board

Accident details

What happened

A McDonnell Douglas DC-8 operating a multi-leg flight from Tokyo to Singapore, crashes into a hillside while on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia due to pilot error, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.

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