BOAC flight 911 was a round-the-world flight operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation. A Boeing 707 (registration G-APFE) operating as flight 911 crashed near Mount Fuji while flying the Tokyo-Hong Kong segment on March 5, 1966. The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the exclusive British state airline from 1939 until 1946 and the long-haul British state airline from 1946. ... The Boeing 707 is a four engined commercial passenger jet aircraft developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ... Mount Fuji Mount Fuji , IPA: ) is the highest mountain in Japan. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Possibly with the intention of shortening the flying time to Hong Kong, the captain of the flight elected not to follow the usual southbound departure from Tokyo toward the island of Izu Oshima. Instead, he followed a more direct westbound route, passing over Mount Fuji. Izu Oshima (伊豆大島) is a volcanic island in the Izu Islands (伊豆諸島) and administered by the Tokyo (東京都) Metropolitan government, Japan, lies south of Tokyo and east of the Izu Pennisula, Shizuoka prefecture. ...

Around 2:15 PM, the aircraft encountered a burst of mountainside turbulence which was strong enough to cause the aircraft to break up in midair. The aircraft fell to the ground in the city of Gotenba. In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is a flow regime characterized by chaotic, stochastic property changes. ... Gotenba (御殿場市; -shi) is a city located on the southeastern flank of Mt. ...

All 113 passengers and 11 crew members were killed in the disaster, including a group of 75 Americans on a group tour of Japan and Southeast Asia. The crash was photographed by Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel at the nearby Fuji Training Base, and 8-millimeter film taken by one of the passengers also survived the crash. The Japan Self-Defense Forces ), or JSDF, are the military forces in Japan that were established after the end of World War II. The force has not been engaged in real combat but has been engaged in some international peacekeeping operations. ...

It was one of five fatal commercial aircraft disasters in Japan in 1966, occurring the day after Canadian Pacific Airlines flight 402 crashed and burned upon landing at Tokyo International Airport. Tokyo International Airport ) (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT), located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. ...

See also

• Aviation
• Accidents and incidents in aviation

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External links

• Overview
• Photographs
• The Worst Single Day Time (magazine), Friday, Mar. 11, 1966
• BOAC 911 - pilotfriend.com