Talk:Japan Air Lines Flight 123

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On 16 October 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Japan Airlines Flight 123 to Japan Air Lines Flight 123. The result of the discussion was Moved.

Passenger List

I have been looking for pasenger list of victims, since a dear friend of mine was on that fatal flight. This is first time I have come to read story.

-- There is a copy of the passenger list in the book Dealing With Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash by Christopher P. Hood.

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For those interested in JL123, there is a group at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6637333763

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the japan airlines was incorrect as it is airlines not air lines Waterbottle1App (talk) 02:29, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: ? Why are you linking the redirected page? Article is already at Japan Air Lines Flight 123 Cannolis (talk) 04:08, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:Japan Airlines#Requested move 16 October 2021. It was "Japan Air Lines" at the time of the incident. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:57, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did 2 or 6 people from the United States die?

“Twenty-two non-Japanese were on board the flight,including four residents of Hong Kong, two each from Italy and the United States, and one each from West Germany and the United Kingdom”

But the Wiki also contains a table that indicates that 6 people from the United States were killed?

Which number is correct, 2 or 6? Tomada36 (talk) 10:37, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how many west germans were on board?

the sidebar says there were two on board, but the text only says one. the tudor quote it cites agrees. however, if we subtract one from the sidebar, the math doesn't work out. the same goes for the 2 vs. 6 americans, as asked last summer? does anyone have another source that can clarify this? Noorexistsmaybe (talk) 18:33, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]