15+ Photos Taken Moments Before Disaster Struck

Published on June 3, 2018
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James Dean

At just 24 years old, the iconic Hollywood legend James Dean passed away in a car crash. It was 1955 on September 30 and Dean had competed in quite a few auto races. He was on his way to a ports car racing competition when his crash crash at the junction of California State Route 46 (former 466) and California State Route 41.

James Dean

James Dean

Japan Airlines Flight 123

Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic Japan Airlines passenger flight from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport, Japan. Then on August 12 of 1985, a Boeing 747SR on this route suffered from an explosive decompression just 12 minutes into the flight and then, 32 minutes later, crashed into two ridges of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Tokyo.

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Japan Airlines Flight 123

Japan Airlines Flight 123