Relatives mark 15th anniversary of JAL jet crash

Relatives mark 15th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Bereaved family members and relatives of the victims of the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines (JAL) jumbo jet light 520 candles on Aug. 21 in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, and offer a silent prayer lasting one minute from 6:56 p.m., the time of the crash. They marked the 15th anniversary of the world's worst single-plane disaster in history.

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