Date: | August 06, 1997 |
Location: | Agana, Guam |
Aircraft: | Boeing B-747-300 |
Reg: | HL-7468 |
Airline: | Korean Airlines |
Flight No: | 801 |
Fatalities: | 254 : 229 |
This Korean Airlines Boeing 747 crashed while attempting to land at Guam in heavy rain. The pilot's intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain altitude and clearance from terrain was the cause. |