JAL 123 Stayed Airborne for 30 Minutes Without its Tail Fin 😨 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

Investigators looking into the deadly August 13, 1985 crash of JAL 123 discover that the cabin’s pressurized air may have caused the plane’s faulty tail fin to rip off, mid flight. Amazingly, the crew were able to keep the 747 flying for around 30 minutes before it crashed.

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[Unknown_]

Mad respect to those pilots for keeping that plane in the air with no rudder!

[tangojuli]

This was an excellent episode and a truly inspiring heroic crew that did the impossible despite the sad ending.

[louieosumo]

Impromper repair caused this mess, the splice plate top only has 1 rivet row while the bottom has 2 rows due to an earlier accident that damaged the bulkhead. 1 row isnt enough to withstand that much pressure and flight cycles

[YTReese]

There would’ve been more survivors if that rescue wasn’t delayed.

[artiga]

R.I.P Kyu Sakamoto. A singer and actor from Japan, Kyu Sakamoto. Most of his popularity outside of Japan came from the Japanese hit song "Ue o Muite Aruko, " which has sold over 13 million copies. Sakamoto killed together with the other 519 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on August 12, 1985.

[バッツマン-gk]

Japanese airlines have reflected on this accident, and since then, Japanese airlines have not caused fatal accidents.

[RaisedLetter]

Oh just post the full video already. It's been up on Mayday for years.

[MusashiMiyamto]

The fact that Japan refused assistance from the U.S and delayed their rescue is infuriating. More people could have been potentially saved

[chaneII]

Can you please do miami air 293 that crashed in Jacksonville?

[Rasupubegasu]

The emoji in the title is off putting…

[orionwesley]

It was such a horrific disaster. Those passengers must've been sweating blood by the end of their lives!! R.I.P 🕯

[LSBPS]

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 operating the service suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight.

[mtrspotter]

I wondering what happened if the pilot could land the plane at Nagoya

[MrBobochow]

Hopefully some changes in how Japan runs rescue operations. That’s some total incompetence.

[Ate-lover]

can you do the twa800 crash full episode pls?

[rgerber]

so just as the worst plane disaster it was again, human error. That doesn't include unforseeable technical errors- but things that could've been prevented. I.e. misguiding commands, badly excecuted repairs...

[gnisudipbarua]

Boeing technicians who repaired faulty should have been punished..

[breadknife]

mrpuffer19 added this crash to his most saddest plane crashes series.

[julien.barrow]

Love 💕 and kindness
So sorry for your loss

[tomasagostinho]

Also that pull up is wrong thats an old 747-400 pull up