Transport minister Maehara at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara prays in front of the memorial monument located on the Osutaka ridge, where a JAL jumbo jet carrying 524 passengers and crew crashed and killed 520 of them 25 years ago. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident.

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