Copenhagen - Moscow - Tokyo

On November 28, 1972 at 07:51 PM, Copenhagen - Moscow - Tokyo experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-8, operated by Japan Airlines, with the event recorded near Moscow-Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast.

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

76 people were known to be on board, 61 fatalities were recorded, 15 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.3%.

Crew on board: 14, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 62, passenger fatalities: 52, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. A McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 passenger plane, JA8040, was destroyed when it crashed on takeoff from Moscow's -Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO), Russia. Five of the 14 crew members and ten of the 62 passengers survived the accident. JAL flight JL446 was a scheduled international flight from Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark to Tokyo-Haneda (HND), Japan with an en route stop in Moscow. The flight to Moscow was uneventful and the airplane landed at 18:17. After servicing of the aircraft startup and taxi clearance was received at 19:38. JL446 was cleared for takeoff from runway 25 at 19:49. On takeoff the DC-8 climbed to 100 m with a supercritical angle of attack and lost height abruptly. It hit the ground and burst into flames.

Aircraft reference details include registration JA8040, MSN 46057, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.9600°, 37.4130°.