Accident Boeing 747SR-46 JA8126, Monday 8 September 1980

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Date:	Monday 8 September 1980
Time:	09:50
Type:	Boeing 747SR-46
Owner/operator:	Japan Air Lines
Registration:	JA8126
MSN:	21033/254
Year of manufacture:	1975
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 415
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	30 miles east of Kawa VOR - Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Osaka International Airport
Destination airport:	Tokyo International Airport
Investigating agency:	JTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Japan Airlines flight 106 took off from Osaka International Airport and was flying on Route G-4 toward Tokyo International Airport at 09:50. Around 30 miles east of Kawa VOR, the aircraft encountered turbulence, injuring three passengers and two flight attendants, and causing minor damage to the aircraft.

Cause:
It is estimated that this accident was caused by the aircraft encountering strong turbulence while passing through cumulonimbus clouds at cruising altitude.

Accident investigation: