Accident description
Last updated: 24 October 2012
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 SEP 1972 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-53 |
| Operator: | Japan Air Lines - JAL |
| Registration: | JA8013 |
| C/n / msn: | 45681/214 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 108 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 122 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bombay-Juhu Airport (India) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB), India |
The DC-8 landed at Juhu Airport runway 08 instead of Bombay (now named Mumbai) runway 09. The aircraft overran Juhu's runway through a ditch.
Visibility was 2,5km (decreasing to 1,5km).
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
