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Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) crashed on August 6, 1997, on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, in the United States territory of Guam. killing 228 of the 254 people aboard. Flight 801 was normally flown by an Airbus A300; since Korean Air had scheduled the August 5–6 flight to transport Guamanian athletes to the South Pacific Mini Games in American Samoa,〔"(Transcripts Between Guam Airport Tower and KA801 before Crash )." ''Government of Guam''. Retrieved on August 30, 2010.〕 the airline designated HL7468, a 12-year-old Boeing 747-300 delivered to Korean Air on December 12, 1984,〔NTSB Report, pp.16, 28〕 to fly the route that night.〔〔"(Official Guam Crash Site Center - Korean Air Flt 801 )," ''Government of Guam''〕 The aircraft crashed on Nimitz Hill in Asan, Guam while on approach to the airport.〔http://ns.gov.gu/guam/indexmain.html〕 ==Disaster== Flight 801 departed from Seoul-Kimpo International Airport (now Gimpo Airport) at 8:53 p.m. (9:53 p.m. Guam time) on August 5 on its way to Guam. It carried two pilots, a flight engineer, 14 flight attendants, and 237 passengers,〔NTSB Report, pp. 11, 23〕 a total of 254 people. Of the passengers, three were children between the ages of 2 and 12 and three were 24 months old or younger.〔 Six of the passengers were Korean Air flight attendants who were deadheading.〔NTSB Report, pp.3, 15〕 The flight was under the command of 42-year-old Captain Park Yong-chul (Korean: 박용철, Hanja: 朴鏞喆, RR: ''Bak Yong-cheol''. M-R: ''Pak Yongch'ŏl'')〔"(Two Systems Down in KAL 801 Crash )," ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin''〕 The captain had close to 9,000 hours of flight time and had recently received a Flight Safety Award for negotiating a 747 engine failure at low altitude.〔 Park had originally been scheduled to fly to Dubai, United Arab Emirates; since he did not have enough rest for the Dubai trip, he was reassigned to Flight 801.〔 The first officer was 40-year-old Song Kyung-ho (Korean: 송경호, RR: ''Song Gyeong-ho'', M-R: ''Song Kyŏngho''), who had more than 4,000 hours' flying experience, and the flight engineer was 57-year-old Nam Suk-hoon (Korean: 남석훈, RR: ''Nam Seok-hun'', M-R: ''Nam Sŏkhun''),〔"(DOCKET NO.: SA-517 EXHIBIT NO. 2F )." ''NTSB''〕 a veteran pilot with more than 13,000 flight hours. The flight experienced some turbulence but was uneventful until shortly after 1:00 a.m. on August 6, as the jet was preparing to land. There was heavy rain at Guam so visibility was significantly reduced and the crew attempted an instrument landing. The glideslope Instrument Landing System (ILS) in runway 6L was out of service; however, the captain believed it was in service and at 1:35 am managed to pick up a signal which was later identified to be from an irrelevant electronics device on the ground. The crew noticed that the aircraft was descending very steeply, and noted several times that the airport "is not in sight". Despite protests from the flight engineer that the detected signal was not the glide-slope indicator, the captain pressed on〔(In Asiana Crash Investigation, Early Focus Is on the Crew’s Actions ) ''The New York Times'' July 8, 2013〕 and at 1:42 am, the aircraft flew into Nimitz Hill, about short of the runway, at an altitude of . 228 of the 254 people on board died as a result of the crash. One survivor, 36-year-old Hyun Seong Hong (홍현성, also spelled ''Hong Hyun Sung'') of the United States, occupied Seat 3B in first class, and said that the crash occurred so quickly that the passengers "had no time to scream"〔 and likened the crash to "a scene from a film".〔(Anger and tears as Guam crash families beg to see dead ), ''The Independent''〕 The rescue effort was hampered by the weather, terrain, and other problems. Emergency vehicles could not approach due to a fuel pipeline destroyed by the crash and blocking the narrow road. There was confusion over the administration of the effort; the crash occurred on land owned by the United States Navy but civil authorities initially claimed authority. The hull had disintegrated, and jet fuel in the wing tanks had sparked a fire which was still burning eight hours after impact. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Korean Air Flight 801」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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