Japan Air System Flight 451
Flight 451 burning with emergency slides deployed | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 18, 1993 |
| Summary | Windshear on landing complicated by pilot error |
| Site | Hanamaki Airport 39°24′N 141°06′E / 39.4°N 141.1°E |
| Aircraft | |
| A Japan Air System Douglas DC-9-41, similar to the one involved | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-9-41 |
| Operator | Japan Air System |
| IATA flight No. | JL451 |
| ICAO flight No. | JAS451 |
| Call sign | AIR SYSTEM 451 |
| Registration | JA8448 |
| Flight origin | Nagoya International Airport |
| Stopover | Hanamaki Airport |
| Destination | New Chitose Airport |
| Occupants | 77 |
| Passengers | 72 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 19 |
| Survivors | 77 |
Japan Air System Flight 451 was a Japan Air System flight from Nagoya Airport in the Nagoya area of Aichi Prefecture, Japan to New Chitose Airport in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, with a stopover at Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture. On April 18, 1993, the Douglas DC-9-41 operating the flight crashed while landing at Hanamaki Airport. The aircraft was written off but all 72 passengers and 5 crew survived.