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Old 03-11-2010 | 12:11 PM
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Default The accident that wasn't

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Old event, timeless lesson:

On Wednesday, January 31, 2001, Japan Airlines Flight 907, using a Boeing 747-446 Domestic bound from Tokyo International Airport to Naha International Airport in Naha, Okinawa, Japan and Japan Airlines Flight 958, using a Douglas DC-10-40D bound from Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea to Narita International Airport in Narita, nearly collided over the Suruga Bay near Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture due to human error.

Read more here: 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also on Wikipedia is a comprehensive list off commercial aviation accidents dating back to the 1920's. Well worth the bookmark.

List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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