Mayday : Final Approach
In July of 1997, Korean Airlines flight 801 crashes into Nimitz hill on it decent to Guam.
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- Korean Airlines flight 801 takes off into clear skies over Seoul destined for Guam.
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- Flight 801 is forced to negotiate mountains in poor visibility on their decent. The glide slope indicator at Guam Airport has been taken off-line for maintenance.
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- In the early hours of the morning, the 747 crash lands on a wooded hillside leaving only a few alive.
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- Rescue workers search the hillside for survivors, battling through burning wreckage.
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- Investigators analyse the flight voice recorder and learn that the pilots believed the glide slope indicator was working intermittently, causing confusion.
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- The final report handed down by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates pilot error but also cites the airport for compromising safety equipment modification.
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