The Seven Year Time Bomb - Botched Repair Causes Worst Ever Air Crash (1985) Flight JAL 123

12th August 1985 - a super capacity Boeing 747 takes off from Tokyo's Haneda airport bound for Osaka. The 524 people on board will not make it to their destination. Unbeknownst to them, the 747 has a defect, a ticking time bomb which will result in the deadliest single aircraft disaster of all time...
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[@ClefairyRox]

Oh. THIS crash. There's so much to unpack here. From the botched tail strike repair to the pilots' INCREDIBLE ability to keep a plane with zero hydraulics flying for as long as it did (a feat that no one else has been able to replicate on simulators to this day), to the Japanese government assuming everyone had perished immediately and outright REFUSING anyone to go to the crash site until the next morning even though United States military was in the area. The people on board writing their last words on napkins and notepads (one of which, if I recall correctly, was a famous Japanese singer). It's a tragic story in every sense.

[@GiordanDiodato]

yes, singer Kyu Sakamoto died in this accident.

[@Taranofsky]

To clarify, people have managed flying with hydraulics before, although rare; in this case , it's way crazier; they had no hydraulics, AND they were missing their goddamned horizontal stabilizer. I can't even contemplate how they managed 5 minutes, much less what they managed

[@hayleyxyz]

Also that picture a passenger took inside the cabin. Showing the oxygen masks dropped and a flight attendant trying to give people supplemental oxygen. One of the most haunting images I've ever seen. This whole accident is a nightmare. Knowing passengers were left to die on the hill is infuriating.

[@chatteyj]

I've never heard about the failsafe in the tail that didn't work, I'd like to know more. Would that have really prevented the damage?

[@HealThyAse]

Agreed on all points

[@HEDGE1011]

I’ve been an airline pilot for 33 years now, and hold the crew of JAL 123 in the highest regard. This is one of a handful of accidents that genuinely haunts me, and I feel particularly bad for those who perished in the night waiting for rescue. Something that’s little known is that Japan Air Lines has some of the remains of JAL 123, including what’s left of the vertical stabilizer, prominently on display in their training center both as a memorial to those who perished and as a reminder to employees to always do the best possible job they can as passenger and crew lives are in their hands. I wish other airlines would do the same; sometimes sober reflection is needed to help people remember that even seemingly trivial or repetitive tasks can have major unintended consequences. Thank you for this excellent video.

[@johnridley1038]

My Dear Friend Kimble matthews died in this crash, I hadnt seen him for a few months as he spent a lot of time in Japan with his new fiance. He was a very humble young man, much loved by his family, and liked very much by his mates and friends. Occasionly, things like this cross my path, and bring back very fond memories of him. RIP.

[@MightyMezzo]

Actually, the crash JAL 123 calls to mind the 1989 incident of United 232, a DC-10 that suffered a catastrophic loss of its tail engine and all hydraulics. The plane made its way to Sioux City through the heroic efforts of its crew and a flight instructor who happened to be on board. 111 people died in the crash landing, but 184 survived.

[@JL-db2yc]

Not only that, but Dennis Fitch (the flight instructor) practiced in the simulator the scenario of controlling an aircraft using only differential thrust precisely due to JAL123. That training proved to be crucial to manage to crash land United 232 at Sioux City.

[@GiordanDiodato]

a much more similar example would be China Airlines flight 611

[@ISoldBinLadensViagraOnEbay]

@@JL-db2yc And funny enough, an A300 cargo plane (I couldn’t remember the flight name) in 2001 also subjected to hydraulic failure, but the crew had landed the stricken aircraft safely. Turns out, the pilot had listened to Dennis Fitch’s talk after the United 232 crash and took notes!

[@JL-db2yc]

@@ISoldBinLadensViagraOnEbay I wasn't aware of that one, need to look it up. Thanks!

[@ISoldBinLadensViagraOnEbay]

@@JL-db2yc It was the first crew that could land an airplane safely without incident or casualties after the total loss of the hydraulic system

[@johnny5805]

No air-crew in the simulator has managed to keep the plane aloft for as long as the actual crew did. They were absolute heroes.

[@DamianMaisano]

I wish the algorithm was nicer to this channel. Every video is great in information and how it’s told

[@littlespinycactus]

i've heard many accounts of the last flight of JAL123, but none so poignant as this, Raven's Eye. That note penned by the English-speaking passenger, and the thought that the writer might have been among the survivors of the crash who died during that long night on the mountainside, is unbearably sad. I can hardly see what I'm typing for tears.

[@shawnmccorkle5059]

Totally agree

[@simoneames9097]

What I find truly horrifying about JAL 123 is after the bulkhead gave way the plane was banking left and right and descending and ascending repeatedly for more than 30 minutes, making passengers aware the airplane was out of control and have a very slim chance of survival. The thought of being in that situation is just pure horror.

[@krisstopher8259]

it must have felt like 3 hours

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

I've studied this crash in depth, yet you provided several photographs I've never seen before. This video was well researched and impressive in its scope. The Japanese officials turned down an offer by the U.S. military to start a rescue the night of the crash. It was a matter of petty jurisdictional procedure that prevented the rescue of an unknown quantity of other survivors, had the offer been accepted. Shameful.

[@EarthIsNotFlat]

Are all replies to this comment just being deleted ? Is this a KZbin thing or a channel thing? (There was nothing against the guideline about my recent reply but it still disappeared…)

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

@@EarthIsNotFlat KZbin is notorious for censoring people's comments. It could be literally anything. That's why faces are blurred and words are dubbed out all the time. Who are these censors and who gave them the right to censor?

[@PrezVeto]

I can't help but wonder whether fear of the USAF possibly taking the black boxes or otherwise monkeying with the debris to try to protect Boeing might've played a role. If it did the Japanese government probably wouldn't want to admit it after the fact.

[@ostrich67]

To be fair, it took them from dawn to 10 a.m. to reach the crash site in the daylight, imagine trying that in the pitch darkness in that heavily forested area.

[@EarthIsNotFlat]

@@ostrich67 Then again they arrived by helicopter almost immediately. They readily could’ve dropped in some medics and firemen then airlifted out the survivors.

[@jeffreyshort4531]

I haven't watched this yet, but as soon as I saw the picture, I knew what this was. First thing that came to my mind was the captain shouting "Power.... POWER!"

[@anik1860]

The most fascinating thing about this accident was that the pilots managed to keep the plane in the air in that condition for almost 30 mins when expert simulator pilots failed to do so in similar conditions for even a few minutes

[@Ben-ks5bm]

That’s a urban myth

[@Karl-he7um]

nonetheless a heroic showing by the pilots. They did all they could and never gave up. They were true Heroes!@@Ben-ks5bm

[@Lady_boom_bitch]

​@Ben-ks5bm ok since you act you know everything let's see you fly a real plane with no training and let's see if you can survive for 30 mins in the air

[@BoJack42069]

@@Lady_boom_bitchwhy would you expect someone without training to be able to do this? That makes absolutely no sense.

[@garrysekelli6776]

A plane and a simulator are different. That's why noone can repeat the world trade center attacks in a simulator. Or at least that is what thay want us to think.

[@Chronic-Cherry]

Can’t imagine the terror that the passengers/crew went through

[@sgtsillyass1575]

Just watch the Japanese kill Dolphins and you will figure it out. God took 524 satan babies, what's the big deal.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Thanks as always for your respectful and heartfelt approach to these stories. No one else does it quite like you. Hope your channel gets the recognition it deserves - sorry to hear views have been down so much.

[@theravenseye9443]

Much appreciated Thanks...

[@Oats-yi5sf]

I've been a passenger on some of these big Boeing planes. I also work for a subcontractor at Cincinnati Airport. Standing next to these planes is an amazing feeling. I have always been amazed by the size of the engines and they're able to keep these big birds in the air.

[@ArchTeryx00]

From a small-plane pilot and son of a flight instructor, who had commented on this crash, as it rocked the aviation community as well as media the world over. The up-down motion of the plane is a universal feature of a loss of pitch control. It's called a "fugoid" or "porpoising" motion. It is what happens when the elevators, the control surfaces controlling the nose's position up or down, are allowed to simply flutter in the slipstream. The back and forth motion was a result of the loss of aileron control. And yet, there is an example of a badly damaged plane with no hydraulic control crash landing at an airport, United 232, a DC-10. Though many died in the landing almost 2/3rds survived. So why, then, could JAL 123 not do the same? The answer was that in the case of UA 232, the vertical stabilizer was still intact. The hydraulic lines had been cut and Engine 2 was a shattered mess, *but otherwise the tail was intact.* And that made all the difference. The vertical stabilizer does just what it's name suggests: Stabilizes the yaw (side to side) motion of the airplane, which is changed using the rudder. It is absolutely required for a plane to be airworthy. Without that stabilizer, pilots had no directional control whatsoever: They could tilt the plane, but a tilt is not a turn. The trick of using the engines to control heading, which succeeded with UA 232, had no chance with JAL 123. A lot of the problems with the rescue were a fight between the U.S. military and the Japanese rescue forces, which asserted sovereignity and eventually won. It was less than 40 years after WWII had ended and a LOT of Japanese still remembered the atomic bombings, which made them extremely resistant to calling in the U.S. military. Even without the unfortunate comment on the part of the U.S. military pilots, the Japanese would have certainly assumed nobody could have survived such an impact. And almost all of the time, they'd have been right. The ultimate tragedy was that this time... they were not. It was a FUBAR of mind-bogglingly horrific proportions, and enough to haunt anyone's nightmares.

[@amandam8609]

I don’t understand why in so many disasters other countries offer assistance and are refused

[@Jabarri74]

Cover ups mostly when a US jet goes down do you really think they are there to protect victims or Boeing?

[@arbel7655]

Pride cometh

[@PrezVeto]

Probably a variety of reasons, but most commonly pride. In this case I wonder whether there might've been some concern about the possibility of a USAF crew discretely taking the black boxes to try to protect Boeing, though.

[@PrezVeto]

​@@Jabarri74Doesn't matter what we think as much as what the other country might fear is a possibility.

[@Jabarri74]

@@PrezVeto Even when 'Boeing' uses their expert lab to save black boxes they always end up with pilot error as the root cause. Strange that

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

It's almost exactly 30 years since my grandad who was a pilot first told me about this crash when I was 8..it happened less than 3 months before I was born and damn was there Alot of things happening in 1985 but this is the worst in my opinion or if not the worst then very close to it and no question in my mind it's the scariest Aircraft disaster of all time imo and this is one record I hope is never ever broken...just imagining what they went through in their last 32 min on Earth literally gives me chills and increases my heart rate..524 people...that's a small town and every one of them had to be hoping it was a nightmare that they could awake from ..I know I would..I'm hoping the hypoxia rendered many of them unconscious...if I was on this flight after 10 min I'd just want it to be over...Jesus man its literally a miracle they stayed in the air anywhere near as long and without stalling and then for them to crash in one of the few places that wouldn't cause ground fatalities or injury and also where there could also be survivors as I think if they made it back to Haneda most likely no one would've survived and odds are there would have been ground fatalities as well..These pilots were and still are something very special, its unfortunate they couldn't have been as lucky as United 232 and also that they don their masks but I think even if they did they still wouldn't have survived... there's so many absolutely terrifying things about this flight but the scariest for me I think would've been the Phugoid cycles..the Japanese calling off an American chopper and sitting on their asses while numerous possible survivors laid there dying are dishonorable actions worthy of seppuku and if I was on that American chopper and they called us back they'd have to tranq me to keep me from dropping down to help those people, I'd tell them "are y'all crazy there could be people dying in extreme agony and u talking about orders??!!?!!" then the Japanese attitude with stalling the NTSB just reeks of politics...that s#it still irks me to this day so I know the loved ones of those that died had to be much more pissed off...I truly hope everyone from this absolute nightmare are resting extra peacefully for the death they endured

[@californiahiker9616]

The arrogance and idiocy of the Japanese officials is mind blowing! I sure hope things have changed. They should have gone to prison for that!

[@chocolatechip12]

The most poignant part for me is seeing the shaky handwriting on the goodbye letters. One of them is addressed to the city I live in now. I think this is one of your best videos in terms of writing and presentation. Well done.

[@grapeshot]

1985 was not a very good year for commercial aviation. You had this crash, and you also had the crash of Delta flight 191 as well as a British Airways flight that caught on fire while it was still on the runway. Also, Air India flight 182 was bombed.

[@jodij2366]

August 1985 was a bad month for commercial aviation.

[@jamesscullion3162]

The ba flight was kt328 from manchester ringwood to corfu ...2nd stage compressor failure at take off thrust....the bigfest problem was all the dutg free alcohol in the overhead lockers fueling the internal fire

[@GabrielsilvaR9]

The 70s and 80s, in those years was dangerous to fly in airplanes...

[@BritanniaPacific]

Arrow air flight 1285 carrying the 101st airborne in gander, Newfoundland in December of that year

[@Watts378]

There's a lot of channels here on YT that cover tragic incidents, but yours is hands down the best. Can't help but get the chills from the way you tell the story along with the graphics and sounds. It truly paints the picture and honors those who were impacted by the tragic events. Cheers mate.

[@arbel7655]

That the repair was made without anyone catching such an obvious flaw is mind boggling.

[@EarthIsNotFlat]

IKR? It defeats the entire purpose of adding the splice plate. It’s so obviously wrong it’s almost like installing a doorknob on the same side of a door as its hinges. It shouldn’t be possible for a person with the expertise to do the job to make that kind of mistake (which makes me think that maybe they just had unsupervised unqualified people doing all the actual work.)

[@beltigussin81]

That's not simply an obvious flaw. It's like dumb gremlins were doing the repair.

[@paulorocky]

Even more mind boggling that it happened in Japan of all places

[@arbel7655]

@@beltigussin81 it seemed obvious to me and I'm not a structural or aviation engineer. You would think such repairs would have to be reviewed and signed off. I'm sure there's detail that explains how it got through.

[@andrewholdaway813]

​@@EarthIsNotFlat I don't think it was a mistake, it was a lazy bodge by people who _did_ know better

[@grapeshot]

Yeah the person that took a picture of the inside of Japan Flight 123. The picture is very eerie because everybody in that picture dies including the person that took the picture.

[@jt1992ok]

All plane crashes are tragic and saddening, but there's something particularly gut-wrenching about JAL 123. Those pilots will forever have my deepest respect. Another excellent and informative video sir, keep it up. 👍

[@captain5104]

Should've included the blackbox recording in the vid. Hard to listen to but gives a tiny glimpse of the chaos in the cockpit.

[@keliciaigbinazaka4538]

Such a tragedy. I remember first hearing about this from an episode of Seconds from Disaster, the fact that you are able to cover this event in such detail in under 20 mins is one of the reasons I think you’re one of the best channels on YT

[@labyrinthgirl17]

That is something that scares me about travel. Being in some horrific situation and dying because the people in power were too stupid to let others help. I hope I never have to rely on the people in power should I find myself in danger and I can either help myself and others, or have others help me.

[@On-Our-Radar-24News]

100% The BEST, most comprehensive analysis I have seen so far on The JAL 123 Disaster! Excellent. I have seen many, many other breakdowns, so called "comprehensive analysis" and none of them compare to what I just watched. Your use of actual photos, reconstructions, diagrams, your dictation and style really well done. Again, great job. Earned my sub for sure.

[@dianahernandez5717]

The CVR recording is truly heartbreaking. The pilots fought to the very end. True heroes.

[@captainhindsight8779]

Exceptional airmanship from the pilots, the plane and its occupants were sealed to their fate of death the moment the tail was ripped off. Their skill and determination gave 30 more minutes of hope and life to those onboard when the odds were completely against them.

[@hayleyxyz]

14:57 i teared up reading that "last note". I've heard many retellings of this tragedy, but I've never seen that note before.

[@Sabadiver]

Whenever you post a new one, I get an immediate high, even before I watch it. Cheers mate 🥂

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

A very tragic story that I've read a lot about. Loving your channel!

[@DominikoPL]

I've read about this so much, but I never knew about the pressure release hatch failsafe that failed for unknown reason

[@supsnail]

This is an actual real life nightmare to be affected by. RIP and very well presented video

[@elliottprice6084]

The loss of JAL 123 is utterly heartbreaking on its own. The crew flying the plane were heroes, doing all they could to try and get the plane back to land,, the rescue teams failed to save lives, and no one was brought to book for this tragedy, and the plane wasn't inspected thoroughly enough. This was totally avoidable, but it was allowed to happen. RIP to all 520 victims

[@juliuswallace6783]

Your documentaries and your narrative style concerning these mass tragedies are always captivating. Through all these horrors, a moral of the story is always presented. Thank you for your work!

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

This was a VERY well done presentation. THANK you

[@stevemason5173]

I have seen several of these plane crash videos and this one I can not even come close to imagining the terror and fear everyone on board experienced. God bless those piolets for not giving up. I live very near Columbus Ohio airport and watch many planes fly over my house taking off or landing, no matter what time of day or night. I have lived here over 10 years and only seen one emergency situation of a bird strike and the plane safely returned to the airport. I do know one thing, I will never get on a plane ever again. Too many that are too old up there flying around!!!

[@dantheman5745]

I look up when I walk So the tears won't fall Remembering those happy Spring days But tonight I'm all alone I look up when I walk Counting the stars with tearful eyes Remembering those happy Summer days But tonight I'm all alone Happiness lies beyond the clouds Happiness lies above the sky I look up when I walk So the tears won't fall Though my heart is filled with sorrow But tonight I'm all alone Remembering those happy Autumn days But tonight I'm all alone Sadness lies in the shadow of the stars Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon I look up when I walk So the tears won't fall Though my heart is filled with sorrow But tonight I'm all alone. - From 1963's "Ue o Muite Arukou" (aka "Sukiyaki") by Kyu Sakamoto who died on JAL Flight 123.

[@gbedmonds1594]

I've seen so much on this, so sad that the tail strike started a clock of murder that nobody saw coming because of the lazy repair practices. I remember thinking my God over half a thousand people killed in one crash. It made me viscerally sick and sad. I've never heard of a plane crash, especially one with half a thousand people on it where the local rescue and government thought, oh hell with it, let's wait half a day then go to the crash site. Just awful. P.S Glad you're back!!

[@raquellofstedt9713]

Peace to them. this also reminds me of the plane that crashed in the midwest (Delta? United?) with a similar but not as extreme damage to the tail and loss of hydraulics. thy managed to crashland with half the passengers surviving. My heart goes out to those survivorsof the JAL flight and to the families of the dead.

[@HEDGE1011]

Yes, the JAL 123 crew fought to the very end and airline pilots hold them in very high regard. I do not think any other crew could have done better under the circumstances. The other accident you refer to was United 232, a DC-10 that crashed in Sioux City, Iowa after an engine failure destroyed all its hydraulic systems. That crew performed amazingly in their loss of all hydraulics scenario and saved many lives (including their own). Their actions have been widely shared in the industry in Crew Resource Management training, and I have no doubt the lessons learned from their excellent airmanship has saved lives since then. The flight crews of JAL 123 and UAL 232 are all heroes. RIP to all those lost. 🇯🇵🇺🇸

[@ronniedagemini]

This is about one of the saddest stories I’ve heard , outside of the ferry crash with them kids. 😢 it’s crazy when help is readily available available and they just decline it.

[@50sRockChick]

Very well researched and narrated. It’s amazing anyone survived that crash really.

[@donaldlyons537]

Another incredible story... Great job as usual. Thanks for bringing these stories to light. Appreciate your hard work. Be well and take care...

[@PcktFox]

I have no idea why, but I always find your voice so comforting and soothing. No matter what the subject ends up being, it's always a good day when the Raven's Eye posts a new video.

[@jus10lewissr]

Honestly, I'm surprised anyone at wll survived such a horrific crash.

[@Randy.E.R]

I remember this incident very well but never knew until now what caused it. You know, most of us are fortunate enough to have jobs that if we make a mistake that goes wrong, few people are at risk; certainly not the lives of 500+ people. Sometimes we might make mistakes because we are under pressure to get the job done in a timely, but inexpensive manner. And I think about that when I consider the crew that repaired the tail of this doomed aircraft. What seems like a half-assed repair to us, was likely the best they could do under the circumstances. They certainly didn't intend to put so many lives in danger.

[@Taranofsky]

We love your work! This crash is SOOOOO rough 😖 pilots really were heroes, so tragic

[@MissMillieEllie]

Thank you for an awesome video! For some reason this particular accident has really stuck to my mind. It is so sad and so avoidable!

[@shawnmccorkle5059]

This was a fantastic video of a tragic event. Ive watched other videos of this event. This is by far the best. With all the photos and such. Makes it much more real. Please keep doing aviation videos. You're the best at it.

[@adamv242]

JAL 123 has strangely fascinated me for nearly 40 years now.

[@monicamestas7566]

Thank you for your thorough in-depth coverage of these tragic tales.

[@fourstringbuck]

Another well done video. Thanks for all the work you put in. I eagerly wait for each one.

[@saragrant9749]

The thought of how those people suffered, eventually going silent over time one by one… what a nightmare for that poor woman who had to hear all of it take place.

[@deeayenn]

Appreciate your videos, thank you.

[@owainw3501]

love ur vids man

[@DarkSitesChannel]

Well my bed time listening for tonight is sorted.

[@marsmediainfo]

Although I'm very familiar with this incident, every time someone covers it I have irrational feeling that this time they will make it

[@lyedavide]

Those last 30 minutes for all on board doesn't bear thinking of. RIP to all those who died .

[@derSchreii]

Thank you sir. Keep up the good work.

[@andrewmountford3608]

Excellent as always

[@12-3-1-A-X-1-N-G]

One correction for the name, this was not the worst ever air crash if we are talking about kill count, that would be the Tenerife collision. This however is the worst single aircraft accident which I feel is necessary to include

[@stevie-ray2020]

Narrator did state that this was, and still is, the worst SINGLE aircraft crash ever!

[@sammygirl6910]

​@@stevie-ray2020The comment was about the title.

[@jaquesmesrine4600]

Love your work !

[@rikkiegglesden5295]

Your video's are the best they are so well explained 👍plus your voice is not in the slightest annoying. Hats off to you Sir

[@lindseybischinger7957]

I know that you are frustrated, but don't give up. Great content and another really well done video

[@kiiingst0n]

I know this crash well. Incredible Pilots. They fought til the end. RIP.

[@CAROLUSPRIMA]

I almost didn’t watch this. It’s too sad and I’ve seen at least a dozen documentaries on it. But I’m glad I watched it. It’s handled sensitively and I actually learned things I’d either forgotten or previous recreations have glossed over. Still, it’s sad. So sad.

[@miz_logo_lee]

Heartbreaking. Excellent video. "Ue o Muite Arukō" is one of my favorite songs, but it is very bittersweet.

[@linphillips8331]

This case always brings tears to my eyes.

[@curbyourshi1056]

19:50 "Crash shite". Funny and disturbingly apt. 😢 Also, have to say, Google Lens is excellent for translating parts of those handwritten goodbye notes from screenshots of the video and overlaying the English onto where the Japanese was written. Imagine feeling like you have to write a note like that, out of sheer necessity. 😢😢😢 All in all, excellent video. Thank you.

[@randylahey1232]

You're the best

[@livelyupmyself1]

5:57 that is a super dapper looking bunch RIP.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

The Flight Crew in this incident deserve the *highest* praise This one always hit me different.. RIP 🙏🏻❤

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Amazing Pilots, just amazing.

[@eddiestanley135]

Seeing the actual plane is haunting. So tragic seeing happy people totally oblivious as to what waits for them. Can not imagine the terror. 😮

[@elmin82]

Good video

[@peterking2886]

I worked in the aerospace industry as an inspector and can assure everyone that they do know who decided to repair the aircraft in this botched manner . All repairs are documented and stamped off with the names and dates. Looks like lawyers were involved and deals were done.

[@TruckerChick]

I just binge watched a few of your video in the hopes it will help with the algorithm. ❤ Unfortunately they dont recommend many of your vids to me or I would watch as the come out. I hope you enjoyed your time off even if it somewhat hurt your channel.

[@theravenseye9443]

Cheers - appreciate your support for me!

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Such a tragic story my goodness

[@blackgirlcouchreviews]

Geez I would listen to this 4 days before flying 🥴 Great narration

[@dtwd9043]

Unreal that anybody survived that impact. Unbelievably lucky souls 😳

[@vahvahdisco]

The most famous person who lost his life in this disaster was Kyu Sakamoto, a Japanese actor and singer; he had the hit Ue o Muite Arukō (Sukiyaki), which got to number 1 in many countries world-wide and the Top Ten in others (it got to number 6 in the British Charts in 1963). I first heard this as a child in the 1970’s and learnt it and still sing it today in Japanese, despite not being a speaker of the language.

[@madokami03]

I love that song, I first heard it when I was in a Japanese class in high school, and I still listen to it all the time to this day. My teacher told us about how he died, but I had no idea just how tragic the accident he died in was. And how shady the government acted over it

[@vahvahdisco]

@@madokami03 I have sung this song at home for my own enjoyment (and to practice it), at private parties and at Karaoke - everybody is amazed that I can sing in a foreign language especially when I don’t really speak it ! I can sing in lots of languages - I only need to hear a song for a week and then I know it. I look up the pronunciation of accented letters to know how they sound and then I practice.

[@Baskerville22]

Famous Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto died in this disaster. His song 'Sukiyaki' was a big hit here in Australia

[@criddyla696]

How insane to have the overplayed advert, you all know the one “darling hold my hand” with a plane ✈️ at the beginning midroll after the hillside shot of the terrible crash. RIP to the poor souls.

[@Astro95Media]

JAL123 wasn't the only 747 to become a ticking time bomb, either. In 1980, a China Airlines 747 suffered a tailstrike during landing, damaging the rear fuselage (though not the crucial pressure bulkhead). The repair was made by China Airlines' engineering team (subpar, to put it nicely) and the plane continued on about its business for another 22 years. But underneath the faulty repair was a lurking killer ... metal fatigue. The shoddy job had allowed the fuselage skin to flex, bend and ultimately break at the site of the tailstrike, which it did in May 2002 as the jet climbed out of Taipei, bound for Hong Kong. The plane rapidly broke up in midair, sending 225 people to their deaths 35,000 feet below.

[@Trumpetjoe40]

Those pilots gave everything they had. Those guys were heroes, regardless of the outcome.

[@djpalindrome]

Imagine experiencing this terror for a full half hour. Excruciating torture

[@xNecromancerxxx]

Wow, just go back to the beginning of this video and take a look at the size of the vertical stabilizer on this plane! That thing is massive; they had no chance in hell of controlling that plane after losing it…

[@JeraldoCordo-th5tf]

I hv seen this Accident umpteen times n everyime it brings tears tears 😢😢😢😢to my eyes. Poor Souls REST IN PEACE.

[@misseselise3864]

today i learned that plane panel repair is surprisingly similar to automotive panel repair. when they realized that the lower section wasn’t large enough, they should have gotten a new lower section instead of (poorly) splicing in more panels. or they should have replaced the whole bulkhead from the start. in the long run, splicing is more expensive than full replacement.

[@johnflanders6808]

So sad.

[@kirtknierim3687]

I'm going to watch the his a whole bunch, buddy. I got you. 😊

[@pantherplatform]

This seems as real as a nightmare can get. It's a spiritual experience to realize how bad this must've been for the passengers and crew.

[@chrisheffernan6600]

What a horrific disaster. R.I.P. to all that perished.

[@trisgilmour]

This is so sad 😭

[@BeamerTheFox]

now this was a bad scene, and in a time where the world was beginning to thrive, the fact there were corners cut was a disaster waiting in the shadows... rest in peace...

[@EonArashi]

A similar disaster took out a China Airlines 747 over Taiwan. There had been a botched repair of the tail section, where they put a doubler patch over an area that was too large to be patched, and should’ve instead been cut out and replaced. Almost the exact same situation. The initial situation that damaged the plane was also a tail strike because the pilots flared the nose (pulling up to make sure the wheels touch down in the proper sequence) too soon upon landing. That repair lasted quite a bit longer than the JAL flight, but the end result was all the same. Unlike JAL123, China Airlines 611 was destroyed instantly when the tail section completely sheared off the aircraft, causing in-flight breakup. The passengers were likely all dead within seconds. “Fortunately”, the families of the Flight 611 victims did get closure, as CAL’s terrible maintenance practices and lack of following SOP from the Boeing manuals was found to be at fault.

[@rapidthrash1964]

Where did you get all the photos?

[@kimpeater1]

Our wonderful machinery and technology require CONSTANT maintenance otherwise they can fail catastrophically.

[@retard_activated]

I have seen many, many documentaries about this crash but this is the FIRST time I've ever seen photos from the crash and rescue. The chills it gave me are unreal.... Rest in Paradise to all who were lost. 💖