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Mount Osutaka
Mount Osutaka. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mount Osutaka (Osutaka-yama) is a mountain in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is 1,639 m (5; 377 ft) high.

The plane crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 on 12 August 1985 was initially reported on Mount Osutaka, but later confirmed to be on a ridge near Mount Takamagahara. With the loss of 520 people, it remains the deadliest single-plane accident in world history.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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