This report explains the accident involving Korean Air flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, which crashed into high terrain at Nimitz Hill, Guam, on August 6, 1997. Safety issues in the report focus on flight crew performance, approach procedures, and pilot training; air traffic control, including controller performance and the inhibition of the minimum safe altitude warning system at Guam; emergency response; the adequacy of Korean Civil Aviation Bureau and Federal Aviation Administration oversight; and flight data recorder documentation.


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    Title :

    National Transportation Safety Board Aircraft Accident Report: Controlled Flight into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL746, Nimitz Hill, Guam on August 6, 1997


    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    226 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English