1938 Tokyo mid-air collision

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On August 24, 1938,^[1] an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force flying school Mitsubishi Ki1 military trainer collided in midair with a Japan Air Transport Fokker Super Universal airliner over the Ōmori district of Tokyo, Japan. Both aircraft were destroyed, killing the crew of both planes – two on the military trainer and three on the airliner (there were no passengers). A large number of people on the ground gathered around the burning wreckage to observe what had just happened, but the fuel tank of the plane exploded several minutes later, killing and injuring a large number of people.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Different sources give different ground casualty totals: 40 dead and 106 injured,^[5] at least 53 dead,^[6] 55 dead and 190 injured,^[7] 63 dead,^{[citation needed]} 65 dead and 60 injured,^{[citation needed]} 80 dead and 76 injured,^[4] 80 dead and 78 injured.^[3]

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^ Andrew Pentland. "Civil Aircraft Register - Japan". Golden Years of Aviation. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
^ "[From the Crisis Calendar] Major aircraft accidents that have occurred in Japan". Rescuenow. August 12, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b 羽原清雅 (Kiyomasa Habara). "落穂拾記(2)" [Gleanings (2)]. Alter (in Japanese). Retrieved July 26, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Until the Taisho". Sanenzan Hojo-in temple. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
^ Sankiyou. "幻の森ケ崎鉱泉街(10) 大森民間機空中衝突墜落事故" [The legendary Morigasaki hot spring town (10) Omori civilian plane mid-air collision crash]. Sankiyou Library - Always Walking Around Town (in Japanese). Retrieved July 28, 2024.
^ "Date: Wednesday 24 August 1938". Aviation Safety Network. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
^ "Date: Wednesday 24 August 1938". Aviation Safety Network. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2024.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1938 (1938)
Jan 10 Northwest Airlines Flight 2 Jan 11 Samoan Clipper Feb 6 SSSR-V6 Osoaviakhim Mar 1 TWA Flight 8 Jul 24 Santa Ana air show disaster Jul 28 Pan Am Flight 229 Aug 6 USSR-B10 crash Aug 24 Kweilin incident Aug 24 Tokyo mid-air collision Sep 4 Royal Air Force Hawker Audax crash Oct 25 Kyeema crash Nov 4 Jersey Airport disaster
1937 ◄ ► 1939

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Japan
1930s	Tokyo mid-air collision (August 1938)
1950s	Japan Air Lines Flight 301 (April 1952) Tachikawa air disaster (June 1953) Pacific Ocean Boeing C-97 disappearance (March 1957) Okinawa F-100 crash (June 1959)*
1960s	Machida F-8 crash (April 1964) All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (February 1966) Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 (4 March 1966) BOAC Flight 911 (5 March 1966) Japan Air Lines Convair 880 crash (August 1966) All Nippon Airways Flight 533 (November 1966)
1970s	Japan Air Lines Flight 351 (March 1970) Flying Tiger Line Flight 45 (July 1970)* Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63 (July 1971) All Nippon Airways Flight 58 (July 1971) Yokohama F-4 crash (September 1977) Japan Air Lines Flight 115 (June 1978)
1980s	Japan Air Lines Flight 350 (February 1982) Southwest Air Lines Flight 611 (August 1982) Narita International Airport bombing (June 1985) Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (August 1985) template Thai Airways International Flight 620 (October 1986)
1990s	Japan Air System Flight 451 (April 1993) China Airlines Flight 140 (April 1994) Philippine Airlines Flight 434 (December 1994) All Nippon Airways Flight 857 (June 1995) Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 (June 1996) All Nippon Airways Flight 61 (July 1999)
2000s	Japan Airlines mid-air incident (January 2001) China Airlines Flight 120 (August 2007) FedEx Express Flight 80 (March 2009)
2010s	Asiana Airlines Flight 162 (April 2015) Korean Air Flight 2708 (May 2016)
2020s	Miyakojima helicopter crash (April 2023) Haneda Airport runway collision (January 2024)
"*" occurred in the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands Incidents in disputed territory with Russia: Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown (October 1952)

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