Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1972)
JA8013, the aircraft involved in the accident in 1969, with a previous livery | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 September 1972 |
| Summary | Runway excursion due to pilot error |
| Site | Juhu Aerodrome, Bombay, India 19°05′57″N 72°50′20″E / 19.09917°N 72.83889°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-53 |
| Aircraft name | Haruna |
| Operator | Japan Air Lines |
| IATA flight No. | JL472 |
| ICAO flight No. | JAL472 |
| Call sign | JAPAN AIR 472 |
| Registration | JA8013 |
| Flight origin | London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom |
| 1st stopover | Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2nd stopover | Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy |
| 3rd stopover | Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 4th stopover | Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran |
| 5th stopover | Santacruz Airport, Bombay, India |
| 6th stopover | Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Last stopover | Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong |
| Destination | Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupants | 122 |
| Passengers | 108 |
| Crew | 14 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 11 |
| Survivors | 122 |
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 was a flight from London to Tokyo via Frankfurt, Rome, Beirut, Tehran, Bombay, Bangkok and Hong Kong. On September 24, 1972, the flight landed at Juhu Aerodrome near Bombay, India instead of the city's much larger Santacruz Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport) and overran the runway, resulting in the aircraft being written off after being damaged beyond economic repair. All 122 on board survived, although nine passengers and two crew members were injured.