Memorial ceremony for 1985 JAL jet crash victims

UENO, Japan - A woman prays in front of candles at a memorial site for the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the world's worst single-aircraft accident in which 520 people were killed.

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