Douglas DC-8 crash, Feb 9, 1982 (24 killed), Tokyo-Haneda
Douglas DC-8 accident on February 9, 1982 near Tokyo-Haneda, Kantō, Japan with 24 fatalities. Cause: Deliberate actions by the captain, who had...
- Date: February 9, 1982
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Tokyo-Haneda, Kantō, Japan
- Fatalities: 24
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Deliberate actions by the captain, who had paranoid schizophrenia, with inadequate medical screening allowing him to keep flying.
A Japan Airlines DC 8 on a domestic flight from Fukuoka to Tokyo Haneda crashed into shallow water of Tokyo Bay about 510 m short of runway 33R. 24 passengers died and many others were injured. The investigation attributed the crash to deliberate control inputs by the captain, who suffered from a mental illness.