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Japan Air Lines Flight 471
Accident
JA8012, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1970 in a previous livery
Date	14 June 1972
Summary	False glide slope (Government of Japan) Pilot error, Controlled flight into terrain (Government of India)
Site	Near Palam International Airport, New Delhi
Total fatalities	90
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-8-53
Aircraft name	Akan
Operator	Japan Air Lines
Registration	JA8012
Flight origin	Tokyo International Airport (TYO/RJTT), Tokyo, Japan
1st stopover	Kai Tak International Airport, Hong Kong
2nd stopover	Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
3rd stopover	Palam International Airport, New Delhi, India
4th stopover	Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt
5th stopover	Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Rome, Italy
6th stopover	Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, West Germany
Destination	Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom
Occupants	89
Passengers	78
Crew	11
Fatalities	86
Survivors	3
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	4

Japan Air Lines Flight 471 was a Japan Air Lines international flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India. On 14 June 1972 the Douglas DC-8-53 operating the flight, registered JA8012, crashed short of the New Delhi airport, killing 86 of the 89 occupants: 10 of 11 crew members, and 76 of 78 passengers. Four people on the ground were also killed.

Passengers

Sixteen of the dead were Americans. Brazilian actress Leila Diniz was also among those killed, as was the sole Indian passenger on the flight, Dr. K.K.P. Narasinga Rao, a senior official of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

One of the cabin attendants killed in the crash was the sister of San'yūtei Enraku V.

Sequence of events

The flight was on the Bangkok-New Delhi portion of its Tokyo-London route when the accident occurred. The flight took off from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok at 11:21 UTC en route to New Delhi. At 14:43 UTC, the flight was given clearance for a straight-in ILS approach to runway 28. The plane crashed into the banks of the Yamuna River not long after the 23 mile (43 km) report from the DME.

Cause

The exact cause of the accident remains disputed. Investigators representing Japan pointed to the possibility of a false glide path signal causing the crash. Indian investigators claimed the crash was caused by pilot error, specifically the captain ignoring instrument indications and not having sight of the runway (the first officer was flying the approach to New Delhi).

References

^ Ranter, Harro. "14 JUN 1972 Douglas DC-8-53 Japan Air Lines – JAL". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
"Death Toll in Air Disasters Heavy". Oshkosh Northwestern. United Press International. June 15, 1972. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
"Nearly 200 die in Asian air crashes". The Bryan Times. June 15, 1972. Retrieved February 11, 2020 – via Google News.
Indian Express edition of 14 06 1972
"円楽さん不慮の死をとげた妹と易行院に" [Mr. Enraku and his sister who died unexpectedly at Ikkyoin]. nikkansports.com (in Japanese). November 1, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
"Accidents JAL has caused other than Flight 123 Accident". www.jal.com. Japan Airlines. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972 (1972)

Jan 7 Iberia Flight 602Jan 21 Turkish Airlines DC-9 crashJan 26 JAT Yugoslav Flight 367Feb 22 Lufthansa Flight 649Mar 3 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405Mar 14 Sterling Airways Flight 296Mar 19 EgyptAir Flight 763Apr 18 East African Airways Flight 720May 4 Aeroflot Flight B-608May 5 Alitalia Flight 112May 8 Sabena Flight 571May 16 Svetlogorsk An-24 crashMay 18 Aeroflot Flight 1491May 30 Delta Air Lines Flight 9570Jun 12 American Airlines Flight 96Jun 14 Japan Air Lines Flight 471Jun 15 Cathay Pacific Flight 700ZJun 18 British European Airways Flight 548Jun 24 Prinair Flight 191Jun 29 Lake Winnebago mid-air collisionJul 2 Pan Am Flight 841Jul 5 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710Jul 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 841Aug 14 Königs Wusterhausen disasterAug 16 Burma Airways Thandwe crashAug 31 Aeroflot Flight 558Sep 15 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130Sep 24 Japan Air Lines Flight 472Sep 24 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accidentOct 1 Aeroflot Flight 1036Oct 13 Aeroflot Flight 217Oct 13 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571Oct 27 Air Inter Flight 696YOct 29 Lufthansa Flight 615Oct 30 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 327Nov 10 Southern Airways Flight 49Nov 15 Ansett Australia Flight 232Nov 28 Japan Air Lines Flight 446Dec 3 Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crashDec 8 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708Dec 8 United Air Lines Flight 553Dec 8 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 631Dec 20 Chicago–O'Hare runway collisionDec 23 Braathens Flight 239Dec 29 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401Dec 31 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash

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JAL accidents and incidents	Flight 301 (1952) Flight 2 (1968) Flight 351 (1970) Flight 471 (1972) Flight 472 (1972) Flight 446 (1972) Flight 404 (1973) Food poisoning incident (1975) Flight 1045 (1977) Flight 715 (1977) Flight 472 (1977) Flight 350 (1982) Flight 792 (1982) Flight 123 (1985) Flight 1628 incident (1986) Flight 46E (1993) Flights 907 and 958 (2001) Flight 516 (2024)

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