"Nikko Machinery Crash Site" I visited for the first time in 36 years and saw it from the sky

August 12, 1985.It is almost 36 years since Japan Airlines JAL123 crashed on Mt.

At that time, I arrived at the accident site with survivors as a contract photographer in Shinchosha "FOCUS" magazine.I was 31 years old.When I think that hot summer will come, various events still blame my mind.There is no doubt that the memory will fade with age.The Osutaka Mt. JAL123 flight has been more time to enter the world of memory photos from the recorded photo.

What was "radiation isotope"?

The fact that it still doesn't make sense is that there were many instructions to never touch anything, as the plane that would have crashed was loaded with "radiation isotope".There was a sense of mission of a news photographer who had no choice but to go to the site, without understanding what it was while being anxious and fearful.

It seems that "radiation isotope" was an empty ear.And above all, the crash location could not be identified quickly.The media was tossed by the Self -Defense Forces and police who were right and left.

Last year, no one could climb a memorial service in Corona.Therefore, on August 8, 2020, I contributed an article on the Toyo Keizai Online titled "My unforgettable memory that captured the Nikko Shallance site."I was surprised at the magnitude of the response that I had never expected.

So I decided to search for a monument from the top with a drone, assuming that this year's 2021 cannot climb in the corona.The biggest purpose of this time is to have bereaved families and stakeholders who cannot come to the site to be visualized with drones.I tried the shooting on July 23.It was the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

According to a preliminary survey, the typhoon No. 19 in October 2019 caused a lot of damage due to landslides and heavy rains.The roads were blocked, and it was found that they could not reach the closest parking now.

About 5 days to about 5 days from August 7, 2021 this year, there was information that the bereaved and stakeholders were allowed to climb, but due to the weather, there were many uncertainties, so I would like to check the current situation with my own eyes.I went to the site with Akio Watanabe, a drone journalist.

With the advice of him, we decided to verify that this time, 36 years ago, in 1985, we had reached Sugenosawa, where we had a crash and found survivors.

Aiming for Kawakami Village from Chuo Expressway, I decided to search for Minamisagimura Elementary School, who probably stopped car in Minamisagi Village.There are many news at the time on YouTube, etc., so I verified it again and went into the field.

Looking back on 1985, Taro Kimura, an NHK caster in the first news, reported that 512 crew passengers.After that, there were 12 infants who did not need to make a reservation for seats, and a total of 524 were corrected.The Nagano bureau repeatedly reported sightings from the residents of Kawakami Village with a nervous voice.

A woman who was working in the cabbage field said on the phone, saying, "A large plane flew in the direction of Minami -Aiki Village while tilting to the left."There was also a witness testimony from a farmer in Minamisagi Village that "we headed for Kita -Aiki Village while smoking, and a big flame rose, and then a big black mushroom -like cloud."The video at Osaka Itami Airport was also flowing, and the TV camera was calmly conveying those who were waiting for information with anxiety.

Where did you enter with the Self -Defense Force?

We left Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture by car at 4:00 am on July 23, 2021, and arrived at Minami -Aiki Village at 7 o'clock, but it was not the schoolyard of the elementary school I remembered.It turns out that there is a village elementary school.Immediately after changing the route, there was a schoolyard that parked the car under the guidance of a local police officer at the time (around 11 o'clock on August 12).

In my memory at that time, a white tent countermeasure headquarters was set up opposite the 124th road, and when the Self -Defense Forces search squad came out of 4:00 in the morning from Kitatomi Kimura, the T reporter of the Shinchosha "FOCUS" at the time heard, and "Kodaira -san, Mr. Kodaira -san.I will accompany the SDF. "He cannot get on the SDF jeep.To us, a colleague veteran photographer T, a colleague veteran photographer, signaled as soon as the Mitsubishi "Jeep" driver's seat.The reporter and the reporter jumped.In a narrow car, I put Minolta CLE28mm on my neck, selected 20mm and 300mm for mechanical Nikonfm2 and Nikonf, and wrapped it in a towel.In a hurry, he grabbed the Kodak TMAX monochrome film into the case and throws it into the daypack.

Let's return to the present again.When I followed my memories of the past, I felt like I was heading northeast, so I first drove to the left with elementary school.I thought that if I entered the right path and go to the place where the car can go, I would be able to find a place where I could go into the mountains on foot with the Self -Defense Forces, but I couldn't find it so easily.。

I put it on a blame in various places, skipped a drone, and verified the landscape, but it didn't feel good.I can't feel anything that looks like Mt.Returning to Prefectural Road 124, you can see it from the Pass Pass, but you can't find a place you can be convinced.I looked at the Osutakayama observatory 100m away, but I didn't know where it was.

I couldn't help it, so I returned to Kawakami Village from the foot and went to Minamisiki Dam.I couldn't fly a drone from here, so I decided to head to the Sangokuro Pass on the Kawakami Muramura Road 192, Azusan Line, hoping for the last possibility of a close distance.

I was able to reach the Mikuni Pass, but was also blocked by falling rocks and sinking on roads.He turned back a little from there, determined the shortest point from the crash site displayed on the Google Map, and skipped the drone beyond the mountain surface of the Takamagahara Mountains.

In the middle of the sun, the sun was hiding and appearing in the clouds between the large white clouds behind the sun, and the mountain surface became madara, but the monitor was shown on the monitor.The deep green, blue sky and white entrance clouds were very beautiful, and I was a little relieved.

Discover the Soul monument

"Oh, this is it."It is a bad parking of the first "Soul monument" I found.From there, I was able to confirm the Soul monument when I followed a drone while remembering the memory of mountain climbing.Benches and other places were small in a place where the green was pioneered a little, and I was convinced that it was a monument to the soul.

Immediately, Mr. Watanabe had a still photo for confirmation, and after a few minutes of flight over the area around the sky, the weather became a little worse, so he avoided the drone along the river and returned slowly.It was a shooting around 12:18.Everyone returned to Kawakami Village with a silent bow.

The radio waves were interrupted in the mobile phone, and the cloud information was not obtained on site, but I was fortunate that it was a strategy.Still, the direction of the mountain is lost no matter how many times you check it.

According to my impression at that time, there was an image that JAL123 crashed at the top of Mt.I finally understood the drone's overlooked video that it was a point that was slightly lower than the image.

You can clearly see that the dent of the V -shaped (U -shaped groove) of the ridge where the 123 flights hit the flight, but it is clear from the opposite direction.Simulation of how it came from the sea someday using good performance drones, etc., and the aircraft that turned the engine and repeated the Dutch roll while repeating the dutch rolls, the 3D.I felt that if I could visualize with technology, I could understand the facts even more.

There is information on the Internet that a large amount of medical radio isotopes (radioactive isotopes) were loaded as cargo in the accident aircraft.The media, which was searching for the search, had been warned many times from the Ground Self -Defense Force unit.The strictly ordered to wait until there is an instruction, still blizes his mind.It has been heard that the aircraft had some degraded uranium components used to prevent vibration.Was these rumors true?

If I couldn't find a survivor in Sugenosawa that day, I would have just been at a loss and looked at the 300mm telephoto lens.

Where is Mt.

After this drone shooting, I searched for "Mt.At that time, the name of the crash, which was reported immediately after the crash, was "Ogura Mountain on the Nagano Prefecture side" and "Ogura".When did it become Mt.

After the accident, the local mayor of Ueno Village officially named the place where the JAL123 was crashed.In fact, the ridge at the crash point may not be connected to Mt.From the ridge of Osutaka, our skills did not know where Mt.

On the map, there is a 1639 meter Mt. Osutaka, but as you can see from the photos, it is a small protrusion and does not form a mountain.Perhaps the crash site may be the right place to Mt.

This time, following my footprints 36 years ago, the drone used to re -examine the site was originally developed from military technology, and it is still a war weapon with bombs and missiles.。

However, in recent years, it has been used and known as a tool to make life, such as aerial photography, agriculture, forestry, and logistics.In the future, he will be shifted to peace of use rather than rescue.

The Light brothers entrusted their dreams and hopes to the plane, but then human beings killed many people with bombs.Isn't this modern civilization a soul of Mt. Osutaka?This "the fact that you should never forget" was in the 36th year of the summer when you were convinced that you had to keep talking forever.

Finally, I want to keep the photos of those days.