Air Crash Investigations: Horror in Guam, the Crash of Korean Air Flight 801

Air Crash Investigations: Horror in Guam, the Crash of Korean Air Flight 801
ISBN-10
0557323568
ISBN-13
9780557323562
Series
Air Crash Investigations
Category
History
Pages
326
Language
English
Published
2010-02-22
Publisher
Lulu.com
Author
Igor Korovin

Description

On August 6, 1997, about 0142:26 Guam local time, Korean Air flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam. The aircraft was on its way from Seoul, Korea to Guam with 237 passengers and a crew of 17 on board. Of the 254 persons on board, 228 were killed. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was captain's fatigue and Korean Air's inadequate flight crew training.

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