Japan Airlines Flight 471 was a Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines

is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport , as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport...

 flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport

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) in New Delhi, India. On June 14, 1972 the Douglas DC-8-53 used crashed outside of the New Delhi airport, killing 82 of 87 occupants; 10 of 11 crew members and 72 of 76 passengers died, and 3 people on the ground died. 16 of the dead were Americans. Brazilian actress Leila Diniz

Leila Diniz

Leila Diniz was a Brazilian television, movie and theatre actress. She died young, at the peak of fame, in an air accident in New Delhi, India. Her liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s.- Biography...

was also among the killed.

Cause

Japanese investigators claimed a false glide path signal to be responsible. Indian investigators say the accident was caused by a total disregard of laid down procedures by the pilot and abandoning instrument indications without properly ensuring sighting of the runway.