Japan Air Lines Flight 715

Japan Air Lines Flight 715
日本航空クアラルンプール墜落事故
	JA8051, the aircraft involved in the accident
Occurrence
Date	27 September 1977
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site	Elmina Estate, near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Malaysia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62H
Operator	Japan Air Lines
Registration	JA8051
Flight origin	Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan
1st stopover	Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong
Last stopover	Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Malaysia
Destination	Singapore International Airport, Singapore
Passengers	69
Crew	10
Fatalities	34
Injuries	45
Survivors	45

Japan Air Lines Flight 715 (日本航空 715便, Nihonkōkū 715 Bin) was an airplane that crashed in Malaysia on 27 September 1977.^[1]^[2] It was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, registration JA8051, on a flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, to Singapore International Airport in Singapore, with stopovers at Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia. Ten crew and 69 passengers were on board.^[1] It was the second-deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Malaysia at the time.^[1]

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Japan Air Lines Flight 715

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