JAL 123 Stayed Airborne for 30 Minutes Without its Tail Fin 😨 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

Investigators looking into the deadly August 13, 1985 crash of JAL 123 discover that the cabin’s pressurized air may have caused the plane’s faulty tail fin to rip off, mid flight. Amazingly, the crew were able to keep the 747 flying for around 30 minutes before it crashed.
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[@Unknown_5245]

Mad respect to those pilots for keeping that plane in the air with no rudder!

[@sohailishad4966]

What about tail

[@747_Fan]

@@sohailishad4966yes that is the tail..

[@747_Fan]

Well most of it

[@ZeraSeraphim]

To this day, Japan still runs their pilots through simulations of this incident, and this day, no one is able to beat Captain Masami Takahama's record for flight time. I'll repeat that because with all our technology some 40 years later, and everything we have learned about aviation, no one can top this absolute beast of a man who went into outright ANIME MODE when he felt the Grim Reaper standing behind him, tapping his watch.

[@SilVer-hu2ps]

The will to live is strong on this one. And with that, he managed to save 4 survivors. Well, more if only rescues arrived early.

[@MrJoker.420]

Cringey comment

[@ZeraSeraphim]

@@MrJoker.420So?

[@plenloverOFFICIAL]

@@ZeraSeraphimcaptain didn’t survive the crash tho

[@ZeraSeraphim]

@@plenloverOFFICIAL and that is a true tragedy. The world has a dire shortage of badasses who can pull off the near impossible under pressure.

[@oscar24olle]

4 survived unbelievable

[@mtrspotter8234]

If they rescue teams come immediately, it would have more survivors

[@one_step_sideways]

​@@mtrspotter8234Worse yet, they didn't want to send rescue teams because they thought no one survived - and the survivors were left for dead

[@hadleyjandreauvlogsandgami9604]

It said that 50 people survived the impact but died due to the delay

[@myphone-wv7hx]

Unglaublich ist dass die Piloten noch 30 Minuten geflogen sind ! Respekt!!!

[@rickosetiadi4097]

Initially there were more survivors but they eventually died because of rescue team took quite a long time to arrive at the scene

[@artiga15208]

R.I.P Kyu Sakamoto. A singer and actor from Japan, Kyu Sakamoto. Most of his popularity outside of Japan came from the Japanese hit song "Ue o Muite Aruko," which has sold over 13 million copies. Sakamoto killed together with the other 519 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on August 12, 1985.

[@a350xyz9]

When accident investigators from Japan visit Boeing's Renton factory in Seattle to investigate, they are put on a jumbo simulator. The test pilot said the jumbo had exactly the same conditions as Flight 123, including the loss of the vertical stabilizer, and successfully landed it on the runway 21 minutes later. (ANA instructor pilots conducted simulation Even if verified with a It is possible to make a forced water landing) An accident investigator from Japan says sarcastically to the test pilot, ``You must have practiced a lot, haven't you?'' but this is because he does not know that the test pilot is being remotely controlled. suspicion To prevent it from crashing on the way. Hydraulic piping heading to the vertical stabilizer, When the hydraulic pressure is released, the hydraulic flow rate The sensor detects the pipe shutoff valve. (:solenoid valve) I installed it so that it would work. There was a smoldering suspicion that there was no such thing. If so, hydraulically flap the Also, I was able to put in and take out the gear, When the oil pressure went out and the control became impossible, Didn't you report it to the control department or the company radio? That would be the reason. "Hydro pressure, all loss" That's not to say. Voice recorder only. This isn't evidence. Of course, if there is some oil pressure leakage, it will take 25 minutes. There was an eyewitness testimony when the abnormality occurred. The theory is that there was no damage to the vertical stabilizer. This will be the reason why. Due to clogging or incorrect flap operation. A crash would be highly unlikely. Otherwise, Kawakami Village, Minami-Aiki Village The movements observed by the witnesses were Added seat control Whatever it was, I couldn't fully understand it. Also, if the oil pressure is lost, the remote It will also be difficult to control. To facilitate remote control, It is believed that a shutoff valve was installed on the Parts of the aircraft were found in Sagami Bay off the coast of Misaki Port, Miura City. Auxiliary engine intake duct, vertical tail, etc. was recovered, but on the twelfth day of the accident, Fisherman at Jogashima, adjacent to Misaki Port Two members of the group, Tetsuo Takahashi (36) Toshihiro Toyota (37) said, ``Boom!'' I realized that I was hearing the sound. The time coincides with this accident, and the aircraft was already in trouble over Jogashima. The possibility is growing stronger. He also said that it sounded like metal hitting each other. At the time of the accident, there was a significant impact on the aircraft. This is likely to be evidence to support this fact. Around 6:30 p.m., Sagoman (southwest of Jogashima) There was a ``thump'' sound in the sky. For a moment, I thought it was thunder. However, when I looked up at the sky, it was clear There are no thunderclouds. Of course, I couldn't see any planes. There was only one sound, and the huge pieces of metal were touching each other. The feeling you get when you bump into someone He says it was. Mr. Takahashi received the qualification of second officer. I have one of the metals I heard at the shipyard. He says it sounded like a bang. August 15, 1985 Kanagawa Shimbun

[@TheKaidynB]

He was one of my Oba-San favorite singers back in her day.

[@GoatReeseYT1997]

There would’ve been more survivors if that rescue wasn’t delayed.

[@colonelarmfeldt8572]

Around 40-50 people had injuries which were survivable if treated for, but obviously not survivable after spending a night in the freezing cold. However, the mountainous terrain also made any rescue attempt extremely difficult, especially at night. Still, the arrogance of rescue authorities unfortunately cost lives.

[@ArtemkaPannat]

It seems the pilots bravely saved so many people and then someone behind a desk decided a delay would be acceptable

[@GoatReeseYT1997]

@@ArtemkaPannat they should be fined for that.

[@GoatReeseYT1997]

@@joshbalfour4094 same thing happened 17 years later.

[@eggypankakes]

@@GoatReeseYT1997 I must ask, what happened?

[@louieosumo]

Impromper repair caused this mess, the splice plate top only has 1 rivet row while the bottom has 2 rows due to an earlier accident that damaged the bulkhead. 1 row isnt enough to withstand that much pressure and flight cycles

[@captainclone1367]

I worked for Boeing for 33 years as a structures engineer and you are right a repair to the pressure dome was the cause. But it was the wrong lenth fasteners at the dome splice that cause the dome to fail. When the dome failed it vented cabin air up into the vertical fin thereby blowing the fin off the airplane. Boeing fixed this by adding a tear strap to the dome and adding structure to preven cabin air from venting into the vertical fin.

[@tangojuli209]

This was an excellent episode and a truly inspiring heroic crew that did the impossible despite the sad ending.

[@A320_shrek]

The Pilots are hero’s (R.I.P)

[@WattzOrJerk]

I love this channel! Anyone else?

[@rehanrutty6210]

I do

[@itsyourboiharvey]

Me

[@BXRB]

Me

[@serverbf100mr]

I love his video's but when pilots and passengers who are happy and lived a good life, suddenly fears for there lives and sadly dies in a brutal crash just like Könings Wusterhuasen 1972 Air disaster which melted in air at a horrifying 2000 Celsius just to see how hot that is a lava is 1250 Celsius, the most hottest/flame disaster on earth to happen

[@chaneII]

Can you please do miami air 293 that crashed in Jacksonville?

[@cameronnevitt8219]

R.I.P JAL 123

[@orionwesley]

It was such a horrific disaster. Those passengers must've been sweating blood by the end of their lives!! R.I.P 🕯

[@user-sm7ee8lg1m]

Japanese airlines have reflected on this accident, and since then, Japanese airlines have not caused fatal accidents.

[@MusashiMiyam0to]

The fact that Japan refused assistance from the U.S and delayed their rescue is infuriating. More people could have been potentially saved

[@RaisedLetter]

Oh just post the full video already. It's been up on Mayday for years.

[@LSBPS7614]

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 operating the service suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight.

[@7tynoobs461]

12th august is my birthday

[@a350xyz9]

The American investigator and NTSB side-drain investigator is Yumi Ochiai [former JAL assistant partner]. Seats in row 56 include seats up to 59 on both window sides and up to 60 in the center. I was seated on the aisle side of the left window row, third seat from the back] and visited Tano General Hospital (within 1 hour of detention) to hear testimony, and the hearing was held at 3:00 pm. ``I looked at the clock and saw that the abnormality occurred at 18:25.'

[@Ate-lover]

can you do the twa800 crash full episode pls?

[@DrFumiya]

The emoji in the title is off putting…

[@kasamago]

Now... 38 years later

[@julien.barrow2012]

Love 💕 and kindness So sorry for your loss

[@mtrspotter8234]

I wondering what happened if the pilot could land the plane at Nagoya

[@breadknight7731]

mrpuffer19 added this crash to his most saddest plane crashes series.

[@a350xyz9]

This is the testimony of those involved. I am a former JAL employee. I was working in navigation in 1985, and I remember the situation well. At that time of the day, after Flight 123 had departed, the RC (Ramp Coordinator) of the next Sapporo Flight 523 suddenly informed us that there would be a slight delay due to transportability (transceiver). KT (passenger department) reopened the check-in to take G/Show (passengers without reservations or changing from a later flight), but the balance tolerance of the 747SR is 13 people, so if the W&B (weight balance) changes. I was thinking about it and paying close attention to the color screen of my Jardax (computer). I wasn't feeling well that day, so I was preparing to handwrite it if it was convenient. After 523 departed, we suddenly received a message from air traffic control saying that 123 was coming back. The person in charge put out a sound on the speaker and called 123 on C/R (company radio), and after a while it was connected. I checked the status of my communication recorder, and just in case, I turned on my personal English conversation pearl coder. There was a report from 123 saying, "Position report. We just collided with something. Return to Haneda." At first we were told that we had hit a bird, but as we communicated with air traffic control and 123's communications monitor and C/R, we realized that we had been hit directly by a dangerous flying object. JA8119 had an earlier flight from Itami to Saipan on that day, so I immediately contacted relevant departments such as Osaka, WFZ (Schedule Control Department), and the flight operations headquarters for the 123HND return in order to arrange the ship. Incharge and the chief contacted KKZ (airport branch manager) and others, but it appears that the normally used TTY (SITA line teletype) has been discontinued. After that, 123 made contact with a Self-Defense Force aircraft over Yamanashi and was scheduled to land at Yokota, but when it got close to the plane, it gave up and headed towards Nagano-Gunma, where it attempted to make an emergency landing in a field. During the fuel dump, during the re-entry after the first attempt, a dangerous flying object hit the No. 4 engine again and caused it to fall, causing a loss of output and horizontal balance, resulting in the direction and vertical change. After a rapid 180-degree right turn, the aircraft went into an inverted position (FDR: flight recorder) and disappeared completely a few seconds later. In other words, this is the truth. Pressure bulkheads are not involved at all. The US military won't come out either. From now on, what is currently being sold as CVR (cockpit recording) is fragmented, mostly deleted, masked with noise, and edited. The content differs from the recorded media of each communication that remains in your possession

[@Kantou-jin.moto-kansai-jin]

↑ ↑　Do not tell a lie！！！ 　　This fake news are made by　the Japanese　cominists and new left　groups！！ 　This　fake news　are worst propagandas now！！

[@nicolaschandler52]

That’s True😉

[@hooh6288]

1:44 it was actually 2 years

[@julyanroldan3837]

It was the deadliest plane crash

[@okay2636]

They did a vid on this flight twice ❤

[@rgerber]

so just as the worst plane disaster it was again, human error. That doesn't include unforseeable technical errors- but things that could've been prevented. I.e. misguiding commands, badly excecuted repairs...

[@tomasagostinho7443]

Also that pull up is wrong thats an old 747-400 pull up

[@1STGEARshorts5870]

Jal123 in real life 1985....

[@gnisudipbarua]

Boeing technicians who repaired faulty should have been punished..

[@elmersebastian4749]

He commited suicide, and so is the inspector that deemed the aircraft flyable after the repair

[@Laga_Mata]

Power x2 flap I’m trying it’s going to stall raise the nose x2 power sink rate whoop whoop pull up x4 it’s the end

[@agrimpaudel9424]

Please increase the rate of adding videos. 🙏

[@tomasagostinho7443]

POWER POWER FLAPS IM TRYING ITS GOING TO STALL NOSE UP NOSE UP POWER :SOME SOUND: SINKRATE WOOP WOOP PULL UP WOOP WOOP PULL UP WOOP WOOP ITS THE END!!!! WOOP WOOP PULL UP :FIRST COLLISION WITH THE RIGHT WING: WOOP WOOP PULL UP WOOP WOOP PU- :FINAL COLLISION INTO THE MOUNTAIN: If you know you know

[@TheMoneypresident]

Overextended use of something half-assed repaired.

[@Akira00305]

Just don’t get on the plane simple

[@Aviation-enthusiast_real]

How could they know?

[@matthewhahn1132]

What happened

[@itsyourboiharvey]

Jal 123 was bound for tokyo but lost its tail then usa military offered to help but jal refised so the plame flew for 30 more mins but then crashed into a mountain

[@colonelarmfeldt8572]

@@itsyourboiharvey It wasn't JAL that refused help, but Japanese rescue authorities (military, police, fire service etc.), after the plane had crashed.

[@julyanroldan3837]

4 survived 520 died, the cause was metal firgue.

[@louieosumo]

​@@julyanroldan3837improper repair, because the top splice plate only has 1 row of rivets, it slowly begins to crack and causes the bulkhead to burst open which also cuts the tailfin and the hydraulic lines for controlling the plane

[@a350xyz9]

According to Japanese reports, the US Air Force has -130 transport aircraft and The pilot of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force plane crashed into the wall. They reported seeing the plane on fire while en route. According to Kyodo News, multiple eyewitnesses after witnessing the plane make a long turn. He said he saw red and black flames. Haneda Airport control room staff Mr. Tosumune Okitsu said that Flight 123 was on his radar. Officials said they were confirming the disappearance and were looking to see if there was a connection between the disappearance and reports that the plane was on fire. Canadian newspaper Ottawa Citizen August 12 (Japan 8/13

[@Yaboi56777]

Yo

[@Philippine_Airlines747]

God saved 4 survivors on a plane

[@brandonspencer7093]

No. He killed the others

[@AppleBS11]

God killed 520 living people on that plane

[@rehanrutty6210]

I am thinking of a comment getting alot of likes

[@HyperRBLX1]

august 12 was where is was crashed

[@OliverBlox-dc]

How it happened. Japan Airlines 123 was a scheduled domestic flight from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (also known as Tokyo International Airport) to Osaka International Airport (also known as Osaka Itami Airport). On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747-146SR developed mechanical problems 12 minutes after taking off. The plane then crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture 32 minutes later, after the pilots tried to control the plane, but failed. 520 people died, and only 4 survived. The crash was caused by incorrect repair after a tailstrike incident, which caused metal fatigue and eventually an in-flight structural failure, in which the whole tail of the plane separated from the plane.