Douglas DC-8 crash, Mar 4, 1966 (64 killed), Tokyo-Haneda...
Douglas DC-8 accident on March 4, 1966 near Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan with 64 fatalities. Cause: The pilot misjudged the landing approach under...
- Date: March 4, 1966
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan
- Fatalities: 64
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot misjudged the landing approach under unusually difficult weather conditions, according to the Japanese government investigation.
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402, a DC 8 on a scheduled service from Hong Kong to Tokyo and Vancouver, was held in a holding pattern over Kisarazu while it waited for weather to improve at Tokyo Haneda. When visibility improved, the crew made a second approach, but the aircraft struck the approach lights and a seawall short of the runway, then broke up and caught fire. All 10 crew and 54 passengers were killed and 8 passengers were injured.