Veteran flight engineer laments loss of Classic Jumbo Jet

Veteran flight engineer laments loss of Classic Jumbo Jet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. veteran flight engineer Kanemitsu Nakagawa points at switches designed to maneuver the Boeing 747-300 aircraft in a hanger at Haneda airport in Tokyo on June 19. Nakagawa cited his deep affection for manually controlled airplanes before the grounding of JAL's two remaining ''Classic Jumbo Jets'' in Japan on July 31.

JAL unveils 'Mushiking' jumbo jets for summer vacationers

JAL unveils 'Mushiking' jumbo jets for summer vacationers

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines will launch two jumbo jets emblazoned with characters from ''King of Beetle Mushiking,'' a game popular among small Japanese children and students, on some of its flights linking Tokyo with Sapporo, Fukuoka and Kagoshima from July 15 to Aug. 31. Photo shows workers drawing a beetle on a jumbo jet at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 6.

34 hurt as 2 JAL jets nearly collide over western Japan

34 hurt as 2 JAL jets nearly collide over western Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Paramedics at Tokyo's Haneda airport treat passengers injured Jan. 31 when two Japan Airlines (JAL) jets nearly collided over western Japan. A JAL jumbo jet nearly flew into the other JAL aircraft over Shizuoka Prefecture as the former was en route to Naha, Okinawa from Haneda.

JAL unveils 'Mushiking' jumbo jets for summer vacationers

JAL unveils 'Mushiking' jumbo jets for summer vacationers

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines will launch two jumbo jets emblazoned with characters from ''King of Beetle Mushiking,'' a game popular among small Japanese children and students, on some of its flights linking Tokyo with Sapporo, Fukuoka and Kagoshima from July 15 to Aug. 31. Photo shows workers drawing a beetle on a jumbo jet at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 6. (Kyodo)

34 hurt as 2 JAL jets nearly collide over western Japan

34 hurt as 2 JAL jets nearly collide over western Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Paramedics at Tokyo's Haneda airport treat passengers injured Jan. 31 when two Japan Airlines (JAL) jets nearly collided over western Japan. A JAL jumbo jet nearly flew into the other JAL aircraft over Shizuoka Prefecture as the former was en route to Naha, Okinawa from Haneda.