Airplane Crash - Tokyo, Japan 07/27/1970
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Tokyo, Japan
| Date | 07/27/1970 |
| Time | 11:35 |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Operator | Flying Tiger Line |
| Flight # | 45 |
| Route | Tokyo - Okinawa |
| Type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63AF |
| Registration | N785FT |
| Cn/In | 46005/412 |
| Aboard | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Cargo plane. An unarrested rate of descent due to inattention of the crew to instrument altitude references while the pilot was attempting to establish outside visual contact in meteorological conditions which precluded such contact during that segment of a precision radar approach inbound from the Decision Height. |
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