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Japan Air Lines Flight 471
JA8012, the aircraft involved, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in 1970
Accident
Date14 June 1972
Summary
  • False glide slope (Government of Japan)
  • Pilot error, Controlled flight into terrain (Government of India)
SiteNear Palam International Airport, New Delhi
Total fatalities90
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-8-53
Aircraft nameAkan
OperatorJapan Air Lines
RegistrationJA8012
Flight originTokyo International Airport (TYO/RJTT), Tokyo, Japan
1st stopoverKai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong
2nd stopoverDon Mueang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Bangkok, Thailand
3rd stopoverPalam International Airport (DEL/VIDP), New Delhi, India
4th stopoverCairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Cairo, Egypt
5th stopoverLeonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO/LIRF), Rome, Italy
6th stopoverFrankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Frankfurt, West Germany
DestinationHeathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), London, United Kingdom
Occupants89
Passengers78
Crew11
Fatalities86
Survivors3
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities4

Japan Air Lines Flight 471 was a Japan Air Lines international flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India. On 14 June 1972 the Douglas DC-8-53 operating the flight, registered JA8012, crashed short of the New Delhi airport, killing 86 of the 89 occupants: 10 of 11 crew members, and 76 of 78 passengers. Four people on the ground were also killed.[1]

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