High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident occurred on January 31, 2001, when Japan Airlines flight 907 (JA8904), a Boeing 747-400 en route from Tokyo International Airport to Naha International Airport, nearly collided with Japan Airlines flight 958 (JA8546), a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-40, which was en route from Gimhae International Airport to Narita International Airport.