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Japan Air Lines Flight 123

1985 aviation accident in Japan
Event aviation_accident Q18173
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Summary

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 0.99% of aviation accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,996 views/month, #14 of 1,410).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ueno[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Operator: Japan Airlines[5]
  • Commons category: Japan Airlines Flight 123[6]
  • Point in time: August 12, 1985[7]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Osutaka Ridge[8], Mount Takamagahara[9]
  • Has cause: loss of control[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Japan Airlines Flight 123[11]
  • Number of deaths: 520[12]
  • Depicted by: Out of Control[13], Fatal Flaw[14]
  • Number of injured: 4[15]
  • Start point: Tokyo International Airport[16]
  • Destination point: Osaka International Airport[17]
  • Has contributing factor: Japan Air Lines Flight 115[18]
  • Number of survivors: 4[19]
  • Investigated by: Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission[20]
  • Vessel: Boeing 747-100SR[21]
  • Destroyed: JA8119[22]
  • Flight number: JL123[23]
  • Victim(s): Kyū Sakamoto[24], Yōko Kitahara[25], Hajimu Nakano[26], Ikuo Urakami[27], Nakaakira Tsukahara[28], Masanori Tsuji[29], Motoaki Takeshita[30]

Why It Matters

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Japan Japan Airlines Kyū Sakamoto

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . jiji.com. jiji.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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