| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 14, 1972 |
| Time: | 2020 |
| Location: | Near New Delhi, India |
| Operator: | Japan Air Lines |
| Flight #: | 471 |
| Route: | Bangkok - Delhi |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53 |
| Registration: | JA8012 |
| cn / ln: | 45860/213 |
| Aboard: | 87 (passengers:76 crew:11) |
| Fatalities: | 82 (passengers:72 crew:10) |
| Ground: | 4 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed short of the runway. Indian officials claimed the crash was caused by a disregard for prescribed procedures in abandoning all instrument references before making visual contact with the runway. Japanese investigators claimed a false glide path signal was responsible for the descent into terrain. |
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