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Landing in a Japanese Rice Field

Northwest Airlines 747 plane

Courtesy of Wikimedia.org

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Rural Japan

When the 747 took off from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, passengers expected to land in Narita, Japan. They didn't.

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Read the full article written about the Northwest Airlines flight on March 17, 1997.

This detailed account includes:

- An interview with Carrie Ott, a passenger on the flight from Seattle to Narita 

- An interview with Harlan Ott, Carrie's husband, and his experience as a worried spouse

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Video created by Carlie Ott

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