Safety Promotion Center

Safety Promotion Center

The Safety Promotion Center is a museum and educational center operated by Japan Airlines to promote airline safety. It is located in Tokyo, Japan, near Tokyo International Airport.

A major objective of the Safety Promotion Center is to establish safety awareness among JAL Group staff. [ [http://www.jal.com/en/safety/center/center.html All About the JAL Group - Safety Operations ] ] The main exhibits of the center explain the events leading to the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, which used a Boeing 747. [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5564445/JAL-s-Safety-Promotion-Center.html JAL's Safety Promotion Center with 1985 jet wreckage opens. Industry & Business Article - Research, News, Information, Contacts, Divisions, Subsidiaries, Business Associations ] ]

History

On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123, a flight from Tokyo International Airport (informally called Haneda Airport) to Osaka International Airport (also known as Itami Airport), crashed into Mount Takamagahara. ["Last Minutes of JAL 123," "TIME". [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074738-5,00.html 5] .] The accident was the deadliest involving a single aircraft. [ [http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-jal123.shtml AirDisaster.Com: Special Report: Japan Airlines Flight 123 ] ] [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074738-1,00.html Last Minutes of JAL 123 - TIME ] ] The crash was eventually attributed to an improper repair in the rear bulkhead several years earlier, leading to catastrophic structural failure. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850812-1 ASN Aircraft accident description Boeing 747SR-46 JA8119 - Ueno ] ]

A five-man panel of outside safety experts was established by Japan Airline in 2005 and chaired by Kunio Yanagida, a well-known writer specializing in scientific, aviation, and crisis management topics. The panel recommended creation of the center. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06208/709077-82.stm Japan Airlines exhibits contrition for '85 crash ] ]

The center opened on April 24, 2006. [ [http://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/200604/000485.html Apr 19, 2006 JAL Opens Safety Promotion Center To Promote Safety Awareness ] ] Yutaka Kanasaki is the director. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06208/709077-82.stm Japan Airlines exhibits contrition for '85 crash ] ] One of the main objectives of the center is to establish safety awareness among Japan Airlines employees. [ [http://www.jal.com/en/safety/center/center.html All About the JAL Group - Safety Operations ] ]

Despite its lack of publicity, the center receives more than 80 visitors every weekday. [ [http://www.japan-airlines-news.com/2006/11/02/the-worst-crash-in-japan-39-s-aviation-history-see.php Japan Airlines-The worst crash in Japans aviation history sees JAL open a centre ] ]

Location

The center is located in an unmarked office building in the maintenance district near Haneda Airport, [ [http://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/200604/000485.html Apr 19, 2006 JAL Opens Safety Promotion Center To Promote Safety Awareness ] ] near the Seibijo station on the Tokyo Monorail. It is open to the public but reservations are necessary. [http://www.jal.com/en/safety/center/center.html Because the center is not signposted, the address is given: telephone 03-3747-4491 Daini Sogo Building 2F, Haneda Kuko 1-7-1, Ota, Tokyo 144-0041 Access: five minutes’ walk from Seibijo Station on the Tokyo MonorailOpening hours: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 12:00, 13:00 to 16:00]

Exhibits

Wreckage from the aft fuselage, the cockpit voice recorder, newspaper reports of the accident, and photographs of the crash site are on display at the center. The aircraft did not crash immediately, allowing passengers time to write such farewell letters. Some of these letters are also on display. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06208/709077-82.stm Japan Airlines exhibits contrition for '85 crash ] ] [ [http://www.japan-airlines-news.com/2006/11/02/the-worst-crash-in-japan-39-s-aviation-history-see.php Japan Airlines-The worst crash in Japans aviation history sees JAL open a centre ] ] The center also has displays about other Japan Airlines accidents, as well as other historical aviation accidents. [ [http://www.jal.com/en/safety/center/center.html All About the JAL Group - Safety Operations ] ] The center occupies 622 square meters of floor space. [ [http://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/200604/000485.html Apr 19, 2006 JAL Opens Safety Promotion Center To Promote Safety Awareness ] ]

External links

* [http://www.jal.com/en/safety/center/center.html Photographs of the Safety Promotion Center]

References


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