JL 350
9 Feb 1982 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsJAPAN AIR LINES FLIGHT 350
Douglas DC-8 · Japan Air Lines · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Captain engaged reverse thrust on approach — deliberately
Thrust reversers
Captain fitness for duty
Crew intervention
Aircraft
Douglas DC-8
Japan Air Lines
Route
Fukuoka (FUK), Japan
→ Tokyo–Haneda (HND), Japan
People
174 on board
24 fatalities
Date
9 Feb 1982
Flight crew
Captain: Seiji Katagiri
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
The captain pushed the thrust reversers forward on short final, deliberately. The DC-8 ditched 300 meters short of Haneda; 24 died.