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.