Japan Airlines accidents

The NTSB database holds 18 accidents and incidents involving Japan Airlines, recorded between 1965 to 2026. 2 of them were fatal (11%), and 8 people died.

The deadliest year was 1977, with 5 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (2 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 747, Douglas DC-8 and Boeing 777.

Most of these records are from United States, Japan and Singapore.

15 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

11%

Share fatal

1965 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 3 of 18 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 3

1970s 4

1980s 2

1990s 2

2000s 3

2010s 1

2020s 3

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 747 6 Douglas DC-8 3 Boeing 777 2 Boeing B-747 1 Boeing MD-81 1 Boeing 787 1

Where these happened

United States 10 Japan 6 Singapore 1 Indonesia 1

All 18 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
13 Jan 1977	Douglas DC-8 JA8054	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Fatal	5
24 Jun 1969	Convair 880 JA-8028	Moses Lake, Washington, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Fatal	3
13 Mar 2026	Boeing 737 JA301J	Misawa, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
22 Dec 2025	Boeing 787 JA865J	Chiba, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Serious injuries	-
4 Dec 2020	Boeing 777 JA8978	Naha, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
12 Jul 2015	Boeing 767-346 JA606J	Singapore, Singapore no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Unknown	-
4 Jul 2006	Boeing MD-81 JA8499	Toyota, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Serious injuries	-
23 Jun 2005	Boeing 777 JA8941	Tokyo, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Unknown	-
5 Sep 2000	Boeing B-747-300 JA817	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Unknown	-
8 Jun 1997	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 J8580	Nagoya, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Serious injuries	-
31 Mar 1993	Boeing 747-121 N473EV	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
7 Aug 1987	Boeing 747-300 J8163	Los Angeles, California, United States	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
19 Dec 1983	Boeing 747-200F J8151	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	Japan Airlines	Serious injuries	-
16 Dec 1975	Boeing 747 JA8122	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Serious injuries	-
1 Nov 1972	Boeing 747 JA8107	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1970	Boeing 747 JA8103	Ventura, California, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
22 Nov 1968	Douglas DC-8 JA8032	S.francisco, California, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
25 Dec 1965	Douglas DC-8 JA-8006	San Francisco, California, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-