Relatives of victims of 1985 JAL crash climb to mountain site

MAEBASHI —

Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash climbed to the accident site, called Osutaka Ridge, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Wednesday, the 24th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

mindovermatter at 11:07 PM JST - 13th August

Heda_Madness

But we've all gone off the point. This article is NOT about the botched response of the Japanese authorities. This IS about the anniversary of the 520 people who were killed as a direct result of one person not doing their job properly.

Absolutely, the knuckleheads that did that crapy, unauthorized repair are definitely to blame, but the pilots were also partially responsible for making a bad, but controllable situation, critical.

You see, the pilots failed to don oxygen masks, and as a result, were taken by hypoxia, and subsequently let the plane slowly lose altitude and eventually hit a mountain. The official Japanese version also faults the pilots for not using oxygen, after their plane experienced an explosive decompression.

It's SOP for all airlines operating over 10,000 feet.

Also we cannot say with any certainty if the U.S. military helicopter that was on scene within minutes of crash, would have actually been able save anyone, because their to request to help, sent through Japanese authorities WAS DENIED. YES JAPANESE, BIG-PRIDE got in the way.

Sorry to rain on your parade, plenty of blame to go around.