Japan Airlines Flight 123 Disaster, the Biggest Accident in Aviation History

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On August 12, 1985, Yumi Ochiai, 26, took a domestic flight from Tokyo to Osaka on a Boeing 747SR of Japan Airlines (JAL). She was used to airplanes: she was an airline supercharger, but on that day she didn't have to work. She was another passenger returning home after spending a few days with her family, who lived in the Japanese capital. She was placed in seat 56C, next to the corridor, in the third row from the bottom. Her next line, in row …

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On August 12, 1985, Japan's flight 123 Airlines, which followed from Tokyo to Osaka, suffered a severe structural failure shortly after landing and fell in the mountains of Gunma. In all, 520 people died. Only four passengers survived the worst air accident already recorded involving a single plane. 11 November, the train and up to the myth of 'cholers in the boats': 107 years ago Germany became the first World War and the end was not only cold:…