Es ist der 12. August 1985. Eine 747 der Japan Airlines macht sich
auf den Weg von Tokio nach Osaka. An Bord des kurzen Inlandsfluges
sind 509 Menschen. Im Cockpit sitzt einer der besten Piloten der
Japan Airlines, Masami Takahara. Eigentlich ist es ein Routineflug.
Doch nur fuenf Minuten nach dem Start setzt die 747 einen Notruf ab.
Das Bugschott im Heck des Fliegers meldet einen Defekt. Schlimmer noch:
Es muss ein Loch haben, denn ploetzlich wird die Druckluft aus der
Kabine foermlich herausgesogen. Und als ob die Lage nicht schon
bedrohlich genug waere, verliert die Maschine auch noch rapide an
Hydraulikfluessigkeit. Ohne diese Fluessigkeit laesst sich das
Flugzeug nicht mehr steuern. Mehr als eine halbe Stunde lang
durchleiden die ueber 500 Menschen an Bord einen Horror-Achterbahnflug,
geradewegs in die Katastrophe hinein...
UFO HUNTERS on HISTORY, Wednesdays at 10 PM. A UFO sighting above Chicago's largest airport leaves authorities scrambling for answers... There are approximately 30,000 commercial flights in the United States every day...and as the number of flights increase, so does the proximity of UFO encounters. On November 7th, 2006, a strange object hovered for ten minutes over Gate C17 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago before rapidly ascending into the sky. And on October 23rd of 2004, in Osaka, Japan a UFO was spotted tailing Japanese Airlines flight 1512 as it came in for a landing. Are UFOs following our own commercial aircraft, and surveying our airports? The team sifts through the evidence of these and other mysterious cases to determine if UFOs have a peaceful or malevolent agenda. For more info, please visit http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters
Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a Japan Airlines domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Osaka International Airport (Itami). The Boeing 747-SR46 that made this route, registered JA8119, crashed into the ridge of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kilometers from Tokyo, on Monday August 12, 1985. The crash site was on Osutaka Ridge (おすたかのおね, Osutaka-no-One?), near Mount Osutaka. All 15 crew members and 505 out of 509 passengers died, resulting in a total of 520 deaths. It remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident, and the second-deadliest aviation accident after the Tenerife disaster in history, only counting victims on board
There wasn't any carpets in Rug Time, when JON HAMMOND arrived he said: "Everybody break out your carpets...because it's RUG TIME!" (famous Organ Lounge in Osaka...they must have meant "Ragtime") A MUST SEE when you're in Osaka KIX Japan! accompanied by Hidefumi Nose (guitar) and Kengo Komae (drums). *Special thanks OSAMU YAMAMOTO YS Corp. & MIDORI ONO. Bossa Nova version of "Shadow Of Your Smile" *Jon is Host of CBS Radio KYCY/KYOU "Jon Hammond's Afternoon Slide" M-F 3PM PST 1550 AM on the dial in San Francisco CA. *More Info: http://www.HammondCast.com c)2006 http://jonhammond.blip.tv *Tags: Hammond B3, Organ, Osaka Japan, HammondCast, KIX, United Airlines, RUG TIME, Midori Ono, Osamu Yamamoto, Kengo Komae, Hidefumi Nose, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Organ Lounge