40 Years On: Widow Appeals to JAL Workers on Flight Safety

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Ueno, Gunma Pref., Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)–Machiko Taniguchi, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, spoke in July directly to young JAL employees involved in flight safety, her first such opportunity since the tragedy. “The safety of the skies rests on your eyes and your hands,” she told them. A week later, Taniguchi, 77, climbed to the crash site on Osutaka…

Ueno, Gunma Pref., Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)–Machiko Taniguchi, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, spoke in July directly to young JAL employees involved in flight safety, her first such opportunity since the tragedy. “The safety of the skies rests on your eyes and your hands,” she told them. A week later, Taniguchi, 77, climbed to the crash site on Osutaka…