JAL plane crash 25th anniversary

JAL plane crash 25th anniversary

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

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