1938 Japan mid-air collision
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The 1938 Japan mid-air collision between an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force flying school Mitsubishi Ki1 military trainer and a Japan Air Transport Fokker Super Universal airliner occurred on August 24, 1938[1] over the Ōmori district of Tokyo. Both aircraft were destroyed, killing the crew of both planes – two on the military trainer and three on the airliner (there were no passengers). A large number of people on the ground were killed or injured.
Different sources give different ground casualty totals: 40 dead and 106 injured,[2] at least 53 dead,[3] 55 dead and 190 injured,[4] 63 dead,[citation needed] 65 dead and 60 injured,[citation needed] 80 dead and 76 injured,[5] 80 dead and 78 injured.[6] The precise number is probably lost to history, but the high casualty count was because when the Fokker crashed a curious crowd gathered around the wreckage, and then the Fokker's fuel tank exploded, a few minutes after it had crashed.[7][6][5]
References
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- ^ "Date: Wednesday 24 August 1938". Aviation Safety Network. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Date: Wednesday 24 August 1938". Aviation Safety Network. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ a b "Until the Taisho". Sanenzan Hojo-in temple. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ a b 羽原 清雅 (Kiyomasa Habara). "落穂拾記(2)" [Gleanings (2)]. Alter (in Japanese). Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "[From the Crisis Calendar] Major aircraft accidents that have occurred in Japan". Rescuenow. August 12, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2024.