 The crashed aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 6, 1997 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Bijia Peak, Asan-Maina, near Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam 13°27′19″N 144°43′58″E / 13.45528°N 144.73278°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-3B5 |
| Operator | Korean Air |
| IATA flight No. | KE801 |
| ICAO flight No. | KAL801 |
| Call sign | KOREAN AIR 801 |
| Registration | HL7468[1] |
| Flight origin | Gimpo International Airport, Seoul, South Korea |
| Destination | Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam |
| Occupants | 254 |
| Passengers | 235 |
| Crew | 19 |
| Fatalities | 229[a] |
| Injuries | 25 |
| Survivors | 25 |
Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam. On August 6, 1997, the Boeing 747-300 operating the flight crashed on Bijia Peak, south of Nimitz Hill, in Asan-Maina, Guam, while on approach to the destination airport, killing 229[a] of the 254 people aboard.[3]
The National Transportation Safety Board cites poor communication between the flight crew as the probable cause of this accident, along with the captain's poor decision-making on the non-precision approach.[2]
- ^ "HL7468 | ASN accident description". asn.flightsafety.org. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468, Nimitz Hill, Guam, August 6, 1997" (PDF). Washington D.C.: National Transportation Safety Board. January 13, 2000. NTSB/AAR-00/01. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Korean Air Flt 801 - Official Guam Crash Site Information Web Center". ns.gov.gu. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
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