Bereaved families mark 16th anniversary of fatal JAL crash

Bereaved families mark 16th anniversary of fatal JAL crash

UENO VILLAGE, Japan - Relatives of the victims of a fatal 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet pray for the repose of their souls at one of memorial markers erected at the crash site in Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, the 16th anniversary of the accident in which all 15 crew members and 505 of the 509 passengers on board were killed.

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