Tokyo - Los Angeles

On July 6, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Tokyo - Los Angeles experienced a crash involving Junkers A.50, operated by Hochi Shimbun, with the event recorded near Nemuro Hokkaido.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot Seiji Yoshihara was attempting a second non stop flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles on this single engine aircraft owned by Hochi Shimbun. While flying off Nemuro, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Nemuro Bay. While the pilot was rescued seven hours later, the aircraft sank and was lost. A first attempt to cross the north Atlantic ocean from Tokyo to Los Angeles failed last 14 of May when the aircraft crashed into the sea some 40 miles off the Kurile Islands.

Aircraft reference details include registration J-BENB, MSN 3558, year of manufacture 1931.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.5510°, 144.9859°.