Plane Crashes That Changed the Skies Forever

On approach to Nagoya, Japan, the Airbus A300 suddenly pitched upward after the crew mistakenly activated a control mode. The pilots struggled to correct it, but the plane stalled and slammed into the ground near the runway. A total of 264 of the 271 people onboard were killed.

The disaster shocked Japan and Taiwan, and investigators pointed to confusing cockpit systems combined with pilot error. It led to changes in training for handling automation and stall recovery. Flight 140 remains one of the deadliest accidents in Japanese aviation history.