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| Date: | Sunday 25 April 1982 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Air Lines |
| Registration: | JA8045 |
| MSN: | 46157/541 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 207 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 130 km SW of Near Hong Kong -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok International Airport |
| Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG) | |
| Investigating agency: | JTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Japan Airlines Douglas DC-8-61 aircraft, while operating scheduled flight 702 (Bangkok–Hong Kong–Osaka), encountered turbulence over international waters approximately 70 nautical miles (about 130 kilometers) southwest of Hong Kong at an altitude of 27,500 feet during descent.
An elderly passenger in the lavatory was seriously injured.
The FDR showed turbulence varied from plus 1.95 to minus 0.3 g.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 July 1974 | JA8045 | Japan Air Lines - JAL | 0 | Nagoya |  |
non |
| 28 August 1992 | N845AX | Airborne Express | 0 | Morton Grove, IL |  |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2024 19:00 | ASN | Added |
| 14-Oct-2024 19:15 | ASN | Updated |
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