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Boeing 747-300 accident report

Boeing 747-300 | Korean Air | HL7468

Korean Air Boeing 747-3B5 HL7468 c/n 22487 seen here landing at Hong Kong Kai Tak apt. November 1996.

Wednesday 6 August 1997 Korean Air Boeing 747-3B5 HL7468 c/n 22487

ISP Flight KE801 from Seoul (SEL) to Guam (GUM) with 17 crew and 237 passengers. Nonprecision Approach to RW06L in bad weather. Glideslope guidance was not working. The aircraft descended to low in poor visibility and impacted Nimitz Hill at 660ft height, 3.3nm from the RW threshold. First flight : 1984

Airframe hrs : 50105 cycles : 8552 engines : P&W JT9D-7R4G2. 228 people died in the crash and injured.

location : +- 50m 13°27’20.75”N 144°43’56.61”E

Boeing 747-300 | Korean Air | HL7468 | newspaper article 6 August 1997 air disaster at Guam takes 220 lives

Boeing 747-300 | Korean Air | HL7468 | newspaper photo crash site

Boeing 747-300 | Korean Air | HL7468 | newspaper article 07 August 1997 no more survivors in airplane wreckage

Boeing 747-300 | Korean Air | HL7468 | photo of crash site

Boeing 747-300 | Korean Air | HL7468 | newspaper article 8 August 1997 pilot or ATC is to blame

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