Boeing 747-300 crash, Aug 6, 1997 (228 killed), Agana-Ant...
Boeing 747-300 accident on August 6, 1997 near Agana-Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam Island with 228 fatalities. Cause: Captain's failure to adequately...
- Date: August 6, 1997
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-300
- Location: Agana-Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam Island
- Fatalities: 228
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Captain's failure to adequately brief and fly the non-precision approach, and the first officer and flight engineer's failure to monitor and cross-check; contributing factors were captain fatigue, Korean Air's crew training, and the FAA's inhibition of the minimum safe altitude warning system
Korean Air Flight 801 from Seoul struck high terrain at Nimitz Hill while on a non-precision approach to Guam in the dark and deteriorating weather. The glideslope was unserviceable and the crew descended below the minimum altitude. The Guam approach control's minimum safe altitude warning had been disabled by a software change. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.