Police Officer Recounts Handling 1985 JAL Jumbo Jet Crash

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Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–A senior official of the Gunma prefectural police recounted his experience as a rookie officer tasked with identifying remains from the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, recalling that he wanted to return the bodies to bereaved families as swiftly as possible. Hideji Kenjo, now 60, was stationed at a police box in the eastern Japan prefect…

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–A senior official of the Gunma prefectural police recounted his experience as a rookie officer tasked with identifying remains from the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, recalling that he wanted to return the bodies to bereaved families as swiftly as possible. Hideji Kenjo, now 60, was stationed at a police box in the eastern Japan prefect…