Douglas DC-8 crash, Sep 27, 1977 (34 killed), Kuala Lumpu...
Douglas DC-8 accident on September 27, 1977 near Kuala Lumpur-Subang-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Selangor, Malaysia with 34 fatalities.
- Date: September 27, 1977
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Kuala Lumpur-Subang-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Selangor, Malaysia
- Fatalities: 34
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Japan Airlines DC-8 flying from Tokyo via Hong Kong descended below minimums in poor weather on a VOR approach to Kuala Lumpur-Subang and struck trees about 6 km short of the runway in a rubber plantation. The aircraft broke up, 34 people were killed and 45 others were injured.