The World - News from Sept. 8, 1985

Japanese aviation officials expressed surprise at a statement by Boeing Co. that the Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 that crashed last month, killing 520 people, was improperly repaired by Boeing workers after an accident in 1978. Hiroaki Kono, head of JAL’s maintenance division, told reporters that following the Boeing repairs, the airline did not check the repaired spots in detail. The repaired areas included the rear pressure bulkhead, the part that is suspected of having failed before the Aug. 12 crash.