Useful Links

Here are some links that I sometimes find useful related to JL123.

The Remembering the JL123 crash on Osutaka group on Facebook
Wikipedia's page. Provides a good summary of the disaster. See also the the discussion page, for people's chat about the disaster and what's on the main page. You need to be careful using these pages as they can be easily edited and do - from time to time - include incorrect information.
Japanese Wikipedia page. A lot more detailed than the English version. You need to be careful using these pages as they can be easily edited and do - from time to time - include incorrect information.
Animation of the crash. The pages are in Japanese. The animation is separated into numerous files (so you cannot watch the whole sequence as one animation). Not as good as some of the other animations available on the web. Though the map (first link on the page) does show better than most sites the final stages of the crash.
Animation of the crash. The page is in Japanese, though some of the text (and playback of the voice recorder) are in English. The animation is done by following the planes position on a map - no significant animation of the plane itself. The use of the voice recorder together with additional notes that appear on screen (usually in Japanese) make this a very good resource.
Official Japanese documents relating to the accident (other accidents in Japan can also be found on this page)

The official accident report. The page is in Japanese.
Print out of the Digitial Flight Data Recorder. The page is in Japanese.

Details of all plane crashes in Japan.
A pre-crash photograph of JA8119 and discussion at same site about the crash
English text version (ie translation in places) of the voice recorder.
Japanese text version of the voice recorder.
Japanese text version of the voice recorder.
A useful Japanese resource which has details of JL123 as covered in the news, photographs of the crash site today, discussion board, list of books, photographs of the notes written on the plane by passengers, etc.
A detailed study of the cause of the crash in Japanese.
A detailed summary of the cause of the crash in Japanese.
A useful Japanese resource which has details of JL123 as covered in the news, copy of the voice recorder, and animation (same one as on another site), list of books, etc.
A Japanese site with animations of the crash - some require Microsoft Flight Simulator
A Japanese site with MP3 versions of the voice recorder - also has links to books and other sites about the crash.
A Japanese site with a few pictures - also has a nice textual layout of the Japanese transcript of the voice recordings from within the cockpit, air traffic control and within the plane.
A Japanese site with scans of newspapers covering the crash.
A Japanese site with detailed chronology of the crash and aftermath - also has extensive guest book.
A Japanese site with summary of crash - also has diagrams explaining the crash and its causes.
JAL crew unions homepage.

Japan Federation of Civil Aviation Worker's Union for Air Safety page.
A Japanese site with a collection of photos from news broadcasts.
A Japanese site with a collection of photos from newspapers covering the crash.
A Japanese site discussing a variety of issues relating to the crash.
JAL cabin crew webpage.
Osutaka Requiem - page by a relative of someone on JL123.
Pictures of climbing to the crash site (some of the route has now changed).
Pictures of climbing to the crash site (some of the route has now changed).
Pictures of climbing to the crash site.
Pictures of climbing to the crash site.
Pictures of climbing to the crash site.
Pictures of climbing to the crash site.
Pictures of climbing to the crash site.
Pictures from about 2002 of the crash site.
Irei Air Safety - Organization formed in wake of JL123 crash to promote air safety.
Information about the building of the Irei-no-sono memorial in Ueno-mura.
Japanese site discussing the crash.
Japanese site discussing the crash.
Japanese site discussing plane crashes.
Japanese site discussing the crash.
Mysteries of JL123 (Japanese site)
Japanese site discussing the crash.
Japanese blog discussing the crash.
Japanese site discussing the crash.
Japanese site discussing the crash.
Japanese site discussing the crash and the book Climbers High.
English site discussing the 20th anniversary of the crash.
Japanese site explaining Buddhist anniversaries
Japanese site which provides a summary of the crash.
Details about the TBS TV documentary about the crash.
Details about the Fuji TV documentary about the crash.
Yomiuri article about the Fuji TV documentary
Details about the NHK TV drama Climbers High.
Climber's High film (2008)
YouTube videos

Breaking TV coverage of crash.
TV coverage of one of the survivors being found.
Animation of the crash - very good, although it contains some inaccuracies.

JL123 related pages listed on Yahoo's Japanese search pages.
Official Kyu Sakamoto website.
Interview with Kyu Sakamoto's daughters.
Diana Yukawa's myspace site.
Naonori Kohira's homepage
Aviation world critic Hideshima's blog page
The main website for the film Shizumanu Taiyo
Salon.com (Ask the Pilot) site about JL123
Ueno-mura's homepage.
JAL's homepage.
Keith Haines - one of the JAL "care team" in August 1985.

Other sites (not directly related to JL123) which may be of interest:

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