Mount Osutaka (御巣鷹山, Osutaka-yama) is a mountain in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is 1,639 m (5,377 ft) high.[1]

Mount Osutaka

The plane crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 on 12 August 1985 was initially reported on Mount Osutaka, but later confirmed to be on a ridge near Mount Takamagahara. With the loss of 520 people, it remains the deadliest single-plane accident in world history.[2][3]

36°00′57″N 138°41′17″E / 36.0159°N 138.688°E / 36.0159; 138.688

References

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  1. ^ "Mount Osutaka". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. ^ "Japan Airlines Flight 123: The crash that made outcasts of my children". 2009-08-12. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. ^ "In 1985, four passengers miraculously survived the horrible crash of the Japan Airlines Flight 123". The Vintage News. 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2020-02-09.