PART 1 | Korean Air Flight 801 is flying to Guam International Airport from Seoul when it runs into bad weather. Turbulence bounces passengers and crew – but much worse is to come. Fighting rain and faulty navigational equipment, the crew struggle to find the airport. But just as they see it, the rain closes in again. As the plane flies closer and closer to the ground, warning sirens fill the cockpit. But still, the crew is flying blind. The rain won’t let up. Flight 801 crashes five kilometres short of the Guam airport, scattered down Nimitz Hill. While many passengers survive the crash, they can’t escape the fires that tore through the wreckage. More than 200 people are killed.

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From Season 4 Episode 4 “Missed Approach”: Korean Air 801, On August 6, 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crashes five kilometres short of its destination, the airport in Guam. More than 200 people on board are killed. The crash is the beginning of a crusade for one passenger determined to make air travel safer.

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