Ralph Silverman Creve Coeur Elsie Ersilia Kawa Ralph Havlik Independence It was the third fatal passenger airline accident in Tokyo in a month, following the crash of All Nippon Airways Flight 60 on 4 February and that of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 just the day before. It was Japans second major air disaster within 19 hours and the third in a month. The crash was photographed by Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel at the nearby Fuji Training Base, and 8-millimeter film taken by one of the passengers also survived the crash. Accessed 3-14-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune-mar-06-1966-p-3/. One part of the family would have travelled from UK to/from Kenya and to/from Rome in this era. Die; Cause Disputed- Witnesses Tell of Fire and Midair ExplosionOthers Blame Wind Currents", Slate Magazine: The State of the Ninja - By Grady Hendrix, Picture of the aircraft that carried BOAC Flight 911, Pilotfriend.Com - Article about BOAC Flight 911, AirDisaster.Com . Myron G. Peterson, 37 College Park Film footage shows Flight 911 taxi-ing past the still smouldering wreckage of Flight 402 immediately before taking off for the last time. However, because of the spread of the fire under the rear of the fuselage the escape chute at the rear galley door soon burst and, following the first explosion, the overwing escape route also became unusable. Cho-o Ikeya, a fireman, reported that plane seemed to plunge rapidly at first, then slowed down. During a radio communication about weather conditions, the conversation was abruptly cut off. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Of course, reminded of the famous after Basho haiku of the novel, You only live twice Finally over Tarobo at an altitude of approx. Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-of-Life Events, (10 or more lives lost with notable exceptions), 1966 March 5, air turbulence, BOAC plane breakup/crash, Mount Fuji, Japan124/US89, 2022 Sep 28-29, Hurricane Ian, FL (139-140), esp. took over the Stratocruiser about 0314 hours and at 0323 hours the talk-down controller 'took over the aircraft. At noon, the Weather Bureau said the winds at Mt. 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On 10 January 1954, a de Havilland Comet passenger jet operating the flight suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed, killing all 35 people on board. This fatal plane crash could have nearly claimed the lives of Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman as well as production designer Ken Adam, director Lewis Gilbert and cinematographer Freddie Young. Apart from writing about Bond, he is a founding member of the James Bond Club Germany and holds a position as advisor in its executive committee. 300 m to the west of the above site and caught fire. Tori Louis Jones Accessed 3-13-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/independent-press-telegram-mar-06-1966-p-1/, New York Times. Preceding the aircraft by approximately four minutes in arrival at Prestwick was a Constellation, and these two aircraft were fed into the stack at Prestwick; the Constellation at 4 000 feet and the Stratocruiser at 5 000 feet. The Boeing 707 jetliner involved disintegrated mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo, as a result of severe clear-air turbulence. Janet Ann Sellers The accident was the result of an error of judgement on the part of the captain who having made three unsuccessful attempts to line-up and land on runway 11 on his fourth attempt allowed his desire to keep the runway lights in view to affect his judgement, in that during a visual approach to the runway he failed to make adequate reference to his flight instruments. All on Plane Are Dead in Crash into Japans Fuji 3-6-1966, p. 1. Faith: .The aircraft was not fitted with a CVR [cockpit voice recorder], and the fire after the crash was so severe that the FDR [flight data recorder] was destroyed. Fuji. BOAC Flight 911 (callsign 'Speedbird 911') was a round-the-world flight operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation that crashed near Mount Fuji in . All other occupants were injured. This was unknown to the flight crew but because of the separation the light in the fire handle would have gone out. Notwithstanding the increased power he was unable to prevent it striking a tree and the aircraft crashed about 1,5 mile from the end of the runway. Aviation Safety Network: BOAC Flight 911 was a scheduled service from San Francisco (SFO) to Hong Kong (HKG) via Honolulu (HNL) and Tokyo (HND). Passing over Gotemba, the aircraft turned northwest and began a slow descent towards the 12,400ft mountain. Lillian Weiss The aircraft then encountered strong turbulence, causing it to break up in flight and crash into a forest. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}351944N 1384818E / 35.329N 138.805E / 35.329; 138.805. Probable Cause: The aircraft suddenly encountered abnormally severe turbulence over Gotemba City which imposed a gust load considerably in excess of the design limit. (Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation. 2 engine, together with part of its pylon, became detached and fell into a waterfilled gravel pit. In addition, it was discovered that the stresses around pressure cabin apertures were considerably higher than had been anticipated, particularly around sharp-cornered cut-outs, such as square windows. After takeoff, the aircraft made a continuous climbing right turn over Tokyo Bay, and rolled out on a southwest heading, passing north of Odawara. The accident was the result of errors of judgment on the part of the captain in: Crash of a Boeing 707-465 in London: 5 killed, Crash of a Boeing 707-436 on Mt Fuji: 124 killed, Crash of a Bristol 175 Britannia 102 in Khartoum, Crash of a Bristol 175 Britannia 312 in Winkton: 9 killed, Crash of a Canadair C-4M Argonaut in Kano: 32 killed, Crash of a De Havilland DH.104 Dove 2 at London-Heathrow, Crash of a Canadair C-4M Argonaut in Tripoli: 15 killed, Crash of a Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser in Prestwick: 28 killed, Subscribe to British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC. At 9.37am American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the side of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Throughout the flight the captain kept in touch with the weather conditions and Prestwick Approach Control received the aircraft about 0248 hours. In 1966, the crash of BOAC flight 911 almost led to the death of legendary Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman as well as production designer Ken Adam, director Lewis Gilbert and cinematographer Freddie Young. The aircraft was prepared for the next leg to Hong Kong and a flight plan was filed for a flight in accordance with the instrument flight rules via Oshima on airway JG6 to Hong Kong at FL310. [6], Gerry Bull, a former BOAC engineer, said that when he performed a preflight inspection of the aircraft in Rome he looked for "incidental damage", and as he did not find any, he believed the Comet was fit for flight. He had previously been involved in an accident in 1951, in which a Hermes aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing, and he was later praised for his flying conduct during this accident flight. Air Disaster Volume 1, p.4849, Stone, Richard, "124 die in 2nd Japan air disaster" quote:"A BOAC spokesman said 75 of the Americans aboard were members of a tour sponsored by Thermo King Corp. of Minneapolis, Minn.". This was a noticeable distinguishing feature of all later models of the Comet.[12]. Fujis Freak Winds Tore at Death Jet. Independent Press Telegram, 3-6-1966, p1. Failure of the right engine on final approach and wrong engine shut down by the pilot. Oklahoma: Warren Arthur Oklahoma City Aircraft. Apparently the plane did not explode, although it was aflame. The violent forces exerted by the turbulent air could have caused structural failure of one of the engines, leading to a subsequent fire. London Prestwick Shannon Gander New York. Airbus A319. The Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A) was established in Geneva in 1990 for the purpose to deal with all information related to aviation accidentology. The runway to be used was Runway 31 which required the approach to be made from the southeast. Jan Crosby The four engine aircraft departed runway 25 at Kano Airport for Tripoli in moderate rain and climbed to an altitude of 250 feet. At about the time the engine fell away the undercarriage was lowered and full flap selected. License. American Victims Named Philadelphia Inquirer, 3-6-1966, p6. In historys worst commercial air disaster involving a single plane, 133 persons perished in a Japanese Boeing 727 jetliner that plunged into Tokyo Bay Feb. 4. Ironically, as the doomed BOAC jet taxied out for takeoff Saturday afternoon it passed the wreckage at Haneda Airport of a Canadian Pacific DC8 jetliner that crashed while landing in a fog Friday night, killing 64 of 72 persons on board. However, a second BOAC de Havilland Comet, registered G-ALYY, was lost on 8 April 1954: a charter flight, operating as South African Airways Flight 201, departed from Rome bound for Egypt with fourteen passengers and seven crew on board; thirty-three minutes into the flight the pilot reported on course flying at 10,000 metres, then all contact was lost. In a two-minute reel, the Academy paid tribute to the longest-running film franchise in cinema history. [citation needed], Official findings concerning BOAC Flight 781 and South African Airways Flight 201 were released jointly on 1 February 1955, in Civil Aircraft Accident: Report of the Court of Inquiry into the Accidents to Comet G-ALYP on 10 January 1954 and Comet G-ALYY on 8 April 1954. Or any other source ? Explore our past: 1940. The short video of BOAC 911 taking off past the debris of the Canadian Pacific 402 crash is eerie, given what happened later that day. Reginald Frederick Freestone San Francisco [3] The aircraft then encountered strong turbulence, causing it to break up in flight and crash into a forest. The forward fuselage crashed into the forest approx. [1], G-APFE, the aircraft involved, pictured in 1962, In-flight break-up caused by clear air turbulence. Air Disaster Volume 1, p.44, Job, Macaurthur. The aircraft left a debris field 16km (10mi) long. Fujis leeward side, flight 911 was violently impacted by a severe mountain wave which led to vertical fin failure and subsequent in-flight break-up, the white vapour being jet fuel flowing out of the aircraft after separation of the engines. The airplane slid for hundreds yards before coming to rest. The Secretary of State required BOAC to place the whole undertaking at his disposal. It left paint marks indicating that it broke off the port side horizontal stabiliser as it departed to the left and down. The aircraft left a debris field 16km (10mi) long. 124 Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation. It is reasonably easy to surmise types on each route by date (eg Solents giving way to Argonauts ? [10], One day after the crash, speculation was that fierce winds above Mount Fuji were responsible. American Victims NamedMt. After takeoff the aircraft flew over Gotemba City on a heading of approximately 298 deg at an altitude of approximately 4900 m and indicated airspeed of 320 to 370 knots. All 113 passengers and 11 crew members were killed in the disaster, including a group of 75 Americans on a group tour of Japan and Southeast Asia. The flight engineer saw that the port forward chute had not inflated properly so he climbed down it to straighten it. This accident was one of five fatal aircraft disastersfour commercial and one militaryin Japan in 1966 and occurred less than 24 hours after Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 crashed and burned on landing at Haneda. [3] He had joined BOAC in 1946, after flying in the Royal Air Force during World War II. For help, advice and discussion about stuff not related to aviation. The search effort involved the pioneering use of underwater TV cameras, developed by a team at the UK Admiralty Research Laboratory led by George MacNeice, to help to locate and salvage the wreckage in deep water.[9]. Marie Evelina Jannell All 27 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. All on Plane Are Dead in Crash into Japans Fuji; Jetliner Crashes on Mount Fuji after Take-Off from Tokyo Airport. After its departure from Tokyo at 1:58pm, flight BOAC 911 began climbing southwest towards Mt. Fuji to allow his 124 passengers onboard the Boing 707 a rare view of the Japanese landmark. Accessed 3-14-2020 at: https://www.nytimes.com/1966/03/06/archives/all-on-plane-are-dead-in-crash-into-japans-fuji-jetliner-crashes-on.html, UPI (United Press International). Massachusetts Karol Kawa North Dartmouth Iola Faye Chamberlain Mary Silverman In the restricted visibility the runway lights gave him insufficient guidance as to attitude, height and angle of approach and unknowingly he permitted the aircraft to descend below its correct approach path. The passengers commenced evacuation from the two starboard overwing exits and shortly afterwards, when the escape chutes had been inflated, from the rear starboard galley door and then the forward starboard galley door. The first officer was Edward A. Maloney, a veteran. Florida: Mr. Harold Tomas Orlando Meantime Meteorological Reports had been passing from ground to air. The BOAC plane was carrying a crew of 11, mostly British, and passengers which Included 13 Japanese, three French, two British, o e Canadian, one Guatemalan, one Korean and one Chinese. 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BOAC's chairman commented on television, "We obviously wouldn't be flying the Comet with passengers if we weren't satisfied conditions were suitable." You did not seriously expect a new James Bond film any time soon, did you? The five men had been on a location scouting tour in Japan for the fifth James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Nevada: Charles Spencer Teal, 28 Las Vegas Learn how your comment data is processed. Nicholas Andrew Bogdan. NYT. 2 fire shut-off handle was seen to be on and the pilot-in-command ordered an "Engine Fire Drill". In 2016, Lind released a charity documentary film entitled 'A Bond For Life - How James Bond changed my Life' in support of UNICEF. Wanda Lavon Ligeros Billy Clenden Hollenbeck Cape Girardeau 1. Miss Eileen E. Jenkel, 22 Revere The aircraft was then seen to be shedding pieces and then a large puff of vapour came from the aircrafts tail. [9], Although some stress cracking was found in the vertical stabiliser bolt holes, it was determined by subsequent testing that it did not contribute to the structural failure. Loca Coyde Jones Torrance Darren Christopher Bohan. Nevertheless, the fire warning light in No. Iowa: Howard C. Maxwell Altoona 1 engine indicated that it might fail, although it did not do so. [8], The task of finding out what had happened to Flight 781 was difficult at first because the accident had occurred over water. Would they give out details of people who are potentially still alive? Accessed 3-13-2020 at: https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660305-1. The Boeing 707 was expected to arrive at Tokyo Airport at 16:45 on 4 March. Pennsylvania: David Weiss Philadelphia Independent Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA. Utah: William George Ligeros Salt Lake City BOAC Flight 911 was a scheduled service from San Francisco (SFO) to Hong Kong (HKG) via Honolulu (HNL) and Tokyo (HND . The undercarriage locked down normally but the hydraulic pressure and contents were seen to fall and the flaps stopped extending at 470, that is 30 short of their full range. 130.). Film footage shows Flight 911 taxi-ing past the still smouldering wreckage of Flight 402 immediately before taking off for the last time. 1940. Gertrude Margaret Porter AP. Accessed 3-13-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/independent-press-telegram-mar-06-1966-p-1/, Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation. The soft volcanic ash of Fuji hampered disaster teams. The lack of a flight deck voice recorder makes it impossible to establish a second by second timing of events, but at about this time the check pilot looked out of a flight deck window on the port side and reported a serious fire in No. British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 911, was a Boeing 707 that was flying from San Francisco to Hong Kong, with stopovers at, Honolulu, Fukuoka, and Tokyo.On the 5th of March, 1966 the aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed into Mount Fuji due to faulty maintenance to the vertical stabiliser.All 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board the plane were killed, in the 6th worst . 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According to his evidence, having completed Phase 1 of the engine fire drill, which is required to be done by memory, he subsequently used his own copy of the checklist to complete Phase I1 of the drill, including the operation of the fire extinguisher transfer switch and pushing the discharge button for the second shot thirty seconds after the first. The forward fuselage crashed into the forest approx. The aircraft, registered G-ALYP,[1] had taken off shortly before from Ciampino Airport in Rome, en route to Heathrow Airport in London, on the final leg of its flight from Singapore. The air currents seemed to catch it up.. May. Still, it was potentially a significant flight safety issue. The first flight was operated by a Westland-Sikorsky S55 helicopter, G-ANUK. It also stated "it is not unreasonable to assume that, on the day of the accident, powerful mountain waves existed in the lee of Mt Fuji, as in the case of mountain waves formed by extended ridges, and that the breakdown of the waves resulted in small-scale turbulence, the intensity of which might have become severe or extreme in a short period of time.". 1996, p. 130. Joseph H. Richings Derby After the aircraft came to rest the flight engineer commenced the engine shut-down drill and closed the start levers. Beverly Ann Havlik ), California: Marian C. Cochran Ben Lomond The passengers commenced evacuation from the two starboard overwing exits and shortly afterwards, when the escape chutes had been inflated, from the rear starboard galley door and then the forward starboard galley door. The accident was the result of the aircraft being flown into ground obscured by fog. "[9], This accident was one of five fatal aircraft disastersfour commercial and one militaryin Japan in 1966 and occurred less than 24 hours after Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 crashed and burned on landing at Haneda. The last words heard from Gibson were "George How Jig, from George Yoke Peter, did you get my". Marion Luthy Heideman Possibly with the intention of shortening the flying time to Hong Kong, the captain of the flight elected not to follow the usual southbound departure from Tokyo toward the island of Izu Oshima. brakes, reverse thrust from No. G. C.A. All rights reserved. Michael Leopoldo Bocchino. Subsequent inspections on Boeing 707 and similar Boeing 720 aircraft as a result of this discovery did reveal this was a common problem, and corrective maintenance actions on the fleet eventually followed. Just minutes after the BOAC 707 took off at 1:58 p.m. for Hong Kong en route to London, the Tokyo Weather Bureau reported severe winds over Mt. The New York Times wrote that, despite initial reports of fire and explosion, aviation experts were of the opinion that wind conditions around the volcanic cone may have caused the crash, the vicinity of the peak being notorious for its difficult air currents. To make this possible, a model fuselage was constructed that was similar to that of the Comet. In order to bring the aircraft to a stop in the shortest possible distance after landing, in addition to the wheel. Guard Deland Long Pueblo The aircraft disintegrated on impact. The C Class Flying boats Caribou and Cabot were bombed and destroyed in Norway. The talk-down was completed at 0325 hours when the aircraft was 400 yards from the threshold of Runway 31. At time of takeoff, the reported weather conditions on runway 25 were as follows: cloud 3/8, base at 2,500 feet, wind 270 at 20 knots, visibility 1,500 yards and moderate rain. The airplane departed London-Heathrow Airport at 1010LT on a test flight regarding the renewal of its Certificate of Airworthiness. If yes, you're in for a shocker! Carolina: Charles Allen Varner Charlotte The engine fire shut-off handies were not pulled and the fuel booster pumps and main electrical supply were not switched off. Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (JAL123) (Japanese: ) was a scheduled domestic Japan Air Lines passenger flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Itami International Airport in Osaka.On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747SR operating this flight suffered a sudden decompression 12 minutes into the flight, and crashed in the area of Mount Takamagahara, Ueno, Gunma . The captain decided to complete a belly landing on the sandy area alongside the runway. Ohio: David E. Havlik Columbus Refueling Suspicion then shifted to the possibility of an engine turbine explosion, and modifications were instigated in other Comets, where the turbine ring was encased with armour plate to contain a possible disintegration of the turbine disk. Several passengers decided to cancel their tickets at the last moment in order to see a ninja demonstration. G-ALYP was the third Comet built. boac flight 911 passenger list. Another fact was that the supports around the windows were riveted, not glued, as the original specifications for the aircraft had called for. Then the plane went down. A Japanese military cadet said he watched through binoculars as both wings tore from the plane and the body spiraled down. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. These waves are formed by smooth air flowing at a high velocity encountering and obstruction such as a mountain and boiling over or breaking up, resulting in turbulence and gusts. UPI. Required fields are marked *. It was concluded that, while approaching Mt. Phyllis Ann Fischer, 33 Los Angeles About 14 minutes after the start of the fire, No. Corinne May Goldstein Ruby Irene Crouch [8] At first the task of finding out what happened was difficult. Upon examination of the aircraft wreckage by the RAE, it became evident that the aircraft had broken up in mid-air, and there was initially some speculation that the aircraft might have been brought down by a bomb. ATC ordered other landing aircraft to overshoot in order to ensure a clear approach to Runway 05 R and to clear Runway 28R for the passage of the fire vehicles. 2000 m, the forward fuselage broke away. 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