Introduction

Japan Airlines Flight 123, a Boeing 747SR, takes off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport at 612 pm with 524 people on board. 12 minutes after takeoff, as JAL123 climbs to its cruising altitude of 24,000 feet, two explosions are felt on board. The crew declares an emergency and tries to return to Haneda, but they find the plane's controls unresponsive. 32 minutes later, the plane crashes 62 miles away from Haneda into Mount Osaka. It is the deadliest single aircraft accident in aviation history. Find out what happened to JAL123 that brought it out of the sky on such a routine flight? On this episode of Black Box Down, we talk about