# airplane crash japan

Five dead after JAL airliner crashes into quake aid plane at Tokyo airport » All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft on Tuesday. Reuters.com

Japan Asks U.S. to Suspend Local V-22 Osprey Operations - USNI News » Japan’s government on Thursday called on the U.S. military to suspend MV-22Bs and CV-22Bs Ospreys in operations Japan, save for search-and-rescue missions, following Wednesday’s crash of an Air Force Special Operations CV-22B in the waters off the island of Yakushima. Local media outlets reported Thursday that Japan’s Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, while briefing the Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of Japan’s Parliament, said he had requested Osprey flights be suspended until the U.S. could confirm that the tiltrotor is safe to fly. During the briefing, the committee also was informed that the U.S. had conducted 14 landings and News.usni.org

Fate of 8 Airmen Still Unknown as Search Mission Continues After Osprey Crashes Off Japan Coast » The Air Force and Pentagon provided no new details on the cause of the 353rd Special Operations Wing training crash Wednesday off Yakushima Island or on the status of the U.S. aircrew. Military.com

The JL123 Isho » One of the most well known aspects of JL123 are the isho (‘last notes’, ‘last memo’, ‘will’, or ‘final letters’) written by some of the passengers. B… Hoodcp.wordpress.com

How Airbus’ new fireproofing helped all Japan Airlines crash passengers survive » The massive Japan Airlines plane collision is the ‘first real test for a modern aircraft’ under distress and Airbus’s new lightweight carbon-fibre fuselege may have protected passengers from fire long enough for everyone to evacuate, experts tell Arpan Rai Independent.co.uk

Planes collide and catch fire at Japan's busy Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely » A Japan Airlines passenger plane and a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft have collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport. Apnews.com

Operation Vengeance: The Killing of Isoroku Yamamoto | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans » US code breakers deciphering Japanese naval messages provided an opportunity for vengeance in April 1943 after intercepting the travel plans of Japan’s naval commander in chief, the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nationalww2museum.org

My Research about the Flight JL123 Crash » I am conducting research about the Japan Air Lines flight JL123 (also known as JAL123) crash on 12 August 1985 in Ueno-mura. The research not only covers the crash itself (you can find a summary he… Hoodcp.wordpress.com

U.S. Destroyer, P-8 Poseidons Join Search for Missing Japanese F-35A Pilot; Officials Say Fighter Crashed - USNI News » A U.S. guided-missile destroyer and P-8A Poseidons maritime surveillance aircraft have joined in the search for a Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-35A Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter pilot who went missing on Tuesday. The P-8As, assigned Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 and Patrol Squadron (VP) 5, joined the search Monday night and destroyer USS Stethem (DDG-63) is underway to the search areas, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. Japanese officials told reporters that searchers had discovered parts from the missing fighter. “We have collected parts from the jet fighter’s tail fin so we [believe] it crashed,” Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters, News.usni.org

Today's Runway Collision in Japan (UPDATED) » What is known about this tragedy. Plus what is suspected. What is still a mystery. And, most urgently, what is to be learned. Fallows.substack.com