![]() ![]() Of the 254 people on board, 229 died as a result of the crash. Despite its name, the NIMITZ VOR is separated from Nimitz Hill by the Fonte River valley, though Nimitz Hill Annex was the closest inhabited place. The crew noticed that the aircraft was descending very steeply, and noted several times that the airport "is not in sight." Despite protests from flight engineer Nam that the detected signal was not the glide-slope indicator, Park pressed on and at 1:42 am, the aircraft crashed into Bijia Peak just short of the NIMITZ VOR navigation beacon about 3 nautical miles (3.5 mi 5.6 km) short of the runway, at an altitude of 660 feet (200 m). However, Captain Park believed it was in service, and at 1:35 am managed to pick up a signal that was later identified to be from an irrelevant electronic device on the ground. The glideslope Instrument Landing System (ILS) for runway 6L was out of service. There was heavy rain on Guam so visibility was considerably reduced and the crew attempted an instrument landing. on August 6, as the jet was preparing to land. The flight experienced some turbulence, but was uneventful until shortly after 1:00 a.m. : 45, 57 Six of the passengers were Korean Air flight attendants, who were deadheading. Of the passengers, three were children between the ages of 2 and 12 and three were 24 months old or younger. It carried three flight crew members (the two pilots and the flight engineer), 14 flight attendants, and 237 passengers from 4 countries, : 11, 23 a total of 254 people. Guam time) on August 5 on its way to Guam. : 12 Accident ĪTC audio after KAL 801 failed to land at the airportįlight 801 departed from Seoul-Kimpo International Airport (now Gimpo International Airport) at 8:53 p.m. : 3, 15 The first officer was 40-year-old Song Kyung-ho ( Korean: 송경호, Hanja: 宋慶昊, RR: Song Gyeong-ho, M-R: Song Kyŏngho), who had more than 4,000 hours' flying experience, including 1,560 hours on the Boeing 747, and the flight engineer was 57-year-old Nam Suk-hoon ( Korean: 남석훈, Hanja: 南錫薰, RR: Nam Seok-hun, M-R: Nam Sŏkhun), a veteran pilot with more than 13,000 flight hours, including 1,573 hours on the Boeing 747. Park was originally scheduled to fly to Dubai, United Arab Emirates but since he had not had enough rest for the Dubai trip, he was reassigned to Flight 801. M-R: Pak Yongch'ŏl) The captain had close to 9,000 hours of flight time, including 3,192 on the Boeing 747, and had recently received a Flight Safety Award for negotiating a 747 engine failure at low altitude. The flight was under the command of 42-year-old Captain Park Yong-chul ( Korean: 박용철, Hanja: 朴鏞喆, RR: Bak Yong-cheol. The aircraft involved in the accident, HL7468, taxiing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1985įlight 801 was normally flown by an Airbus A300, but since Korean Air had scheduled the August 5–6 flight to transport Chamorro athletes to the South Pacific Mini Games in American Samoa, the airline designated HL7468, a 12-year-old Boeing 747-300 delivered to Korean Air on December 12, 1984, : 16, 28 to fly the route that night. It remains the deadliest aviation disaster in the United States and its territories to have survivors.Īircraft and crew Aircraft The National Transportation Safety Board cites poor communication between the flight crew as probable cause for the air crash, along with the captain's poor decision-making on the non-precision approach. The aircraft crashed on Bijia Peak, south of Nimitz Hill, in Asan-Maina, Guam, while on approach to the airport. Won Pat International Airport, in the United States territory of Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard. The flight crashed on August 6, 1997, on approach to Antonio B. Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air. Gimpo International Airport, Seoul, South KoreaĪntonio B. Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and bad weather, MSAW disabled caused by FAAīijia Peak, Asan-Maina, near Antonio B. ![]()
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