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The crew consisted of 35-year-old
Cockpit Fight Reported on Jet That Crashed in Tokyo
" '' The New York Times''. 14 February 1982. Retrieved 24 June 2011. The cause of the crash was traced to Katagiri's deliberate crashing of the plane. One report states that the captain engaged the inboard engines' thrust-reversers in flight. Another report states that, during descent, Katagiri "cancelled autopilot, pushed his controls forward and retarded the throttles to idle."Aviation Safety Network
''Accident description''. Retrieved 4 April 2015. Ishikawa and Ozaki worked to restrain Katagiri and regain control. Despite their efforts, the DC-8's descent could not be completely checked and it touched down in shallow water 510 meters (1673 feet) short of the runway. During the crash, the cockpit section of the DC-8 separated from the rest of the fuselage and continued to travel for several meters before coming to a halt. Among the 166 passengers and 8 crew, 24 died. Following the accident, Katagiri, one of the first people to take a rescue boat, told rescuers that he was an office worker to avoid being identified as the captain. Katagiri was later found to have paranoid schizophrenia prior to the incident, which resulted in his being ruled not guilty by reason of insanity. Investigators for the Japanese government attributed the incident to a lack of proper medical examinations which allowed Katagiri to fly. Katagiri has since been released from psychiatric care and lives nearThe Suicidal Pilot Who Survived
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Final Accident Report
– Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission {{JAL Group 1982 crimes in Japan Airliner accidents and incidents involving deliberate crashes Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8 Aviation accidents and incidents in 1982 Aviation accidents and incidents in Japan
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
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''JA8061'', on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, to Tokyo in Japan. The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Haneda Airport in Tokyo Bay, resulting in 24 fatalities. Flight 350 was the first crash for Japan Air Lines in the 1980s. The investigation traced the cause of the crash to the deliberate actions of the captain.
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The crew consisted of 35-year-old Captain
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Seiji Katagiri (片桐 清二 ''Katagiri Seiji''), 33-year-old First Officer Yoshifumi Ishikawa, and 48-year-old flight engineer
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Yoshimi Ozaki.Stokes, Henry Scott.Cockpit Fight Reported on Jet That Crashed in Tokyo
" '' The New York Times''. 14 February 1982. Retrieved 24 June 2011. The cause of the crash was traced to Katagiri's deliberate crashing of the plane. One report states that the captain engaged the inboard engines' thrust-reversers in flight. Another report states that, during descent, Katagiri "cancelled autopilot, pushed his controls forward and retarded the throttles to idle."Aviation Safety Network
''Accident description''. Retrieved 4 April 2015. Ishikawa and Ozaki worked to restrain Katagiri and regain control. Despite their efforts, the DC-8's descent could not be completely checked and it touched down in shallow water 510 meters (1673 feet) short of the runway. During the crash, the cockpit section of the DC-8 separated from the rest of the fuselage and continued to travel for several meters before coming to a halt. Among the 166 passengers and 8 crew, 24 died. Following the accident, Katagiri, one of the first people to take a rescue boat, told rescuers that he was an office worker to avoid being identified as the captain. Katagiri was later found to have paranoid schizophrenia prior to the incident, which resulted in his being ruled not guilty by reason of insanity. Investigators for the Japanese government attributed the incident to a lack of proper medical examinations which allowed Katagiri to fly. Katagiri has since been released from psychiatric care and lives near
Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
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See also
* Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8 family * Aviation safety * * List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft * List of Japan Airlines incidents and accidents' * Suicide by pilot ;Specific incidents * EgyptAir Flight 990 * Germanwings Flight 9525 * LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 *Royal Air Maroc Flight 630
Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 was a passenger flight on 21 August 1994 which crashed approximately ten minutes after takeoff from Agadir–Al Massira Airport. All 44 passengers and crew on board were killed. It was the deadliest ATR 42 aircraft cra ...
* SilkAir Flight 185
References
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Final Accident Report
– Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission {{JAL Group 1982 crimes in Japan Airliner accidents and incidents involving deliberate crashes Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8 Aviation accidents and incidents in 1982 Aviation accidents and incidents in Japan
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Year 350 (Roman numerals, CCCL) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Nigrinianus (or, less frequentl ...
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