Showa/Nakajima L2D2 Tachikawa LO Tachikawa Y-59 The airline contracted to purchase long-range Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft from Germany in 1939, but never took delivery. Accidents and incidents 8 December 1938 Nakajima/Douglas DC-2 (J-BBOH, Fuji) crashed in the East China Sea off the Kerama Islands due to engine failure, killing 10 of 12 on board; the two survivors were rescued by steamship Miyake Maru. 17 May 1939 Lockheed 14-WG3B Super Electra (J-BCOZ, Kuma) struck a fence on takeoff from Fukuoka Airport and crashed, killing six of 11 on board. 26 August 1944 J.I.A transport piloted by Toshio Kuroiwa went missing off the Malay Peninsula. References Defunct airlines of Japan Empire of Japan Airlines established in 1938 Airlines disestablished in 1945 1945 disestablishments in Japan Defunct seaplane operators Japanese companies established in 1938