Tokyo – Bangkok – New Delhi – Tehran – Cairo – Rome – Frankfurt – London

On June 14, 1972 at 08:18 PM, Tokyo – Bangkok – New Delhi – Tehran – Cairo – Rome – Frankfurt – London experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-8, operated by Japan Airlines, with the event recorded near New Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

87 people were known to be on board, 86 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 98.9%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 76, passenger fatalities: 72, other fatalities: 4.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a night approach to runway 28 at New Delhi-Palam Airport, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck several houses and crashed in flames on the west shore of the Yamuna River, some 22 km east of the airport. Ten crew members and 72 passengers as well as four people on the ground were killed. Five other occupants were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. At the time of the accident, the copilot was the pilot-in-command.

Aircraft reference details include registration JA8012, MSN 45680/213, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.6223°, 77.2394°.