Japan Air Lines Flight 715
JA8051, the DC8 involved in the accident | |
| Occurrence | |
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| Date | 27 September 1977 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
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| 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 | Subang Airport, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Destination | Singapore International Airport, Singapore |
| Passengers | 69 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 34 |
| Injuries | 45 |
| Survivors | 45 |
Japan Air Lines Flight 715 was a regular scheduled flight that crashed on approach to Subang Airport in Malaysia on 27 September 1977. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, registration JA8051, on a flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, to Singapore, with stopovers at Hong Kong, and Subang Airport, Malaysia. Of the 69 passengers and ten crew on board, 34 died, whilst the other 45 survived with injuries. It was the second-deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Malaysia at the time.