Frankfurt – Rome – Beirut – Tehran – Bombay – Bangkok – Tokyo

On September 24, 1972 at 06:46 AM, Frankfurt – Rome – Beirut – Tehran – Bombay – Bangkok – Tokyo experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-8, operated by Japan Airlines, with the event recorded near Mumbai-Juhu Maharashtra.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

122 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 122 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 14, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 108, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Bombay by night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with rain falls and limited visibility to 1,500 meters. Following a succession of errors, the crew completed the approach to Bombay-Juhu Airport runway 08 (1,143 meters long) instead of Bombay-Santa Cruz International Airport runway 09. After touchdown, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest in flames into a ravine. All 122 occupants were evacuated, 9 of them were injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration JA8013, MSN 45681/214, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.1054°, 72.8281°.