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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prays on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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Kin pray for 1985 JAL crash victims on eve of 32nd anniversary

UENO, Japan, Aug. 11 Kyodo - Relatives of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash victims pay tribute to their loved ones on Aug. 11, 2017, on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the disaster, by floating paper lanterns on a river in the mountainous village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. On Aug. 12, 1985, Flight 123, en route from Tokyo to Osaka with 524 passengers and crew aboard, crashed into Osutaka Ridge in the village, killing all but four in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.

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JAL jet crash anniversary

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki lowers his head at a cenotaph at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet on Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever. (Pool photo)

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27th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Yoshiharu Ueki offers a prayer on Aug. 12, 2012, in front of a memorial for the victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash at the mountain accident site, known as Osutaka Ridge, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on the 27th anniversary of the accident. The crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history, claimed 520 lives. (Pool photo)

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JAL's Inamori at 1985 crash memorial

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori speaks to reporters after attending a memorial ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010.

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JAL President Onishi at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi speaks to reporters after offering a silent prayer and flowers at the memorial monument for a 1985 JAL jetliner crash on the Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident, in which 520 of 524 passengers and crew members were killed.

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25th anniv. of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Children blow bubbles during a memorial event in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010, for the 25th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people.

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Bereaved families mark 17th anniversary of fatal JAL crash

MAEBASHI, Japan - Members of the bereaved families of the 1985 fatal Japan Airlines jet crash look at a cenotaph with the names of the 520 victims on Mt. Osutaka in Gunma Prefecture. All but four of the 524 people on board died after the Boeing 747 crashed into the mountain on Aug. 12, 1985.

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Paper lanterns floated for 1985 jet crash memorial

UENO, Japan - Paper lanterns are floated on the Kanna River at the foot of Mt. Osutaka on Aug. 11, the eve of the 16th anniversary of the world's worst single-aircraft crash. On Aug. 12, 1985, a Japan Airlines Boeing 747, bound from Tokyo to Osaka, crashed on Mt. Osutaka killing all but four of the 524 people on board.

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Relatives of 1985 JAL jet crash victims mark tragedy

UENOMURA, Japan - Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash float lanterns on the Kanna River near the scene of the accident on a mountain in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 11 to mark the 14th anniversary of Japan's worst air disaster. They paid respects to the 520 people who perished in the Aug. 12, 1985, crash.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

A woman lights candles in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

A woman lights candles in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.