August 6, 1997
Agana, Guam
Korean Airlines, Flight 801
Boeing B-747-300
HL-7468
The aircraft crashed into Nimitz Hill, 3 miles
short of Runway 06R, while making a non-precision approach in heavy rain to A.B.
Won Guam International Airport. The runway glide slope system was inoperative.
In addition, the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning system (MSAW) was also not
working due to a software problem. Two hundred twenty-nine of 254 aboard killed.
Guam CERAP: CERAP
Agana FCT, Local Control: LC
Korean Airline Flight 801: KAL801
Ramp Control: RAMP
Andersen AFB Control Tower: Andersen
| 15.38.12 | LC | Agana tower |
| 15.38.13 | CERAP | twelve west Korean air eight zero one seven forty |
| seven is six left km | ||
| 15.38.18 | LC | understand seven four |
| 15.38.20 | CERAP | that's what i show |
| 15.38.22 | LC | all right thanks t o |
| 15.39.23 | CERAP | km |
| 15.41.07 | KAL801 | Agana tower Korean air eight zero one ah |
| (unintelligible) localizer six left | ||
| 15.41.14 | LC | Korean air eight zero one heavy Agana tower runway |
| six left---wind-zero niner zero at seven cleared to | ||
| land verify heavy Boeing seven four seven tonight | ||
| 15.41.26 | KAL801 | Korean eight zero one roger (unintelligible) six left |
| 15.41.30 | LC | Korean eight zero one heavy roger |
| 15.44.02 | CERAP | was that nine eighty eight you're looking for |
| 15.44.07 | LC | say again |
| 15.44.09 | CERAP | Guam to Saipan is that nine eighty eight |
| 15.44.11 | LC | affirmative |
| 15.44.12 | CERAP | yeah I think we lost a flight plan so I'm just gonna |
| make one up here---oops | ||
| 15.44.18 | LC | ah he hadn't called me yet so they may not have |
| put it in either he may have they may have cancelled | ||
| it | ||
| 15.44.23 | CERAP | ok |
| 15.44.24 | LC | why don't we just hold off till he calls for it |
| 15.44.26 | CERAP | km |
| 15.44.28 | LC | to |
| 15.45.25 | LC | Korean air eight zero one heavy tower how do you hear |
| 15.47.03 | RAMP | this is Juan |
| 15.47.05 | LC | yeah Korean air eight zero one heavy ah---aircraft |
| change on the type is that a permanent change | ||
| 15.47.11 | RAMP | ah no that's just ah one of those temporary deals |
| 15.47.14 | LC | is that one of the temporaries |
| 15.47.15 | RAMP | yeah they they their normal is an airbus its just |
| I guess | ||
| 15.47.19 | LC | yeah |
| 15.47.19 | RAMP | they have more passengers this time around |
| 15.47.21 | LC | all right what gate is he on |
| 15.47.22 | RAMP | ah he's going to gate twelve |
| 15.47.23 | LC | all right thanks t o |
| 15.47.24 | RAMP | (unintelligible) |
| 15.48.05 | LC | Korean air eight zero one heavy Agana tower |
| 15.49.51 | RAMP | this is Juan |
| 15.49.52 | LC | yeah Korean air come up to you |
| 15.49.53 | RAMP | ah no |
| 15.49.54 | LC | all right thanks t o |
| 15.49.55 | RAMP | *(all right) |
| 15.49.56 | LC | approach Agana |
| 15.50.15 | LC | Korean air eight zero one heavy Agana tower |
| 15.50.23 | LC | approach Agana did Korean air come back to you |
| 15.50.28 | CERAP | eight zero one |
| 15.50.29 | LC | affirmative |
| 15.50.35 | CERAP | no |
| 15.50.35 | LC | he checked in with me I cleared him to land i |
| don't know where he's at--never did have him in | ||
| sight | ||
| 15.50.41 | RAMP | you never saw him |
| 15.50.45 | CERAP | he didn't land |
| 15.50.46 | LC | negative |
| 15.50.50 | CERAP | oh my god |
| 15.50.52 | LC | stand by a second |
| 15.50.58 | RAMP | this is Juan |
| 15.51.00 | LC | yeah did Korean air |
| 15.51.01 | RAMP | no in fact I'm listening to cerap I don't even hear eight |
| zero one I can hear you on the radio | ||
| 15.51.06 | LC | yeah I tried to get a hold of him he called me ah |
| I cleared him to land | ||
| 15.51.09 | RAMP | yeah (unintelligible) |
| 15.51.10 | LC | I never had him in sight |
| 15.51.11 | RAMP | (unintelligible) you said cleared to land and I was |
| looking around and I said where's he at and that's | ||
| when | ||
| 15.51.14 | LC | yeah I never had him in sight hold on a second |
| 15.51.17 | LC | Andersen tower Agana tower |
| 15.51.18 | CERAP | don't see him on the radar |
| 15.51.27 | LC | I don't see him either standby a second |
| 15.51.30 | Andersen | go ahead |
| 15.51.31 | LC | you didn't have a Boeing seven forty seven land up |
| there did you | ||
| 15.51.35 | Andersen | just now |
| 15.51.36 | LC | affirmative |
| 15.51.37 | Andersen | hu hu ah no I don' have any lights on so I don't I don't |
| see anybody out there | ||
| 15.51.41 | LC | well we're missing a Boeing seven forty seven stand |
| by | ||
| 15.51.45 | LC | just checked with Andersen they don't know where |
| he' at either | ||
| 15.51.49 | CERAP | is it raining out there |
| 15.51.50 | LC | I got wet runway but ah--I've got a small ah shower |
| pushing through but I don't have ah but I can see the approach end---standby a second | ||
| 15.52.04 | LC | Korean air eight zero one heavy Agana tower |
| 15.52.16 | LC | is that him talking to you |
| 15.52.19 | CERAP | negative |
| 15.52.26 | LC | I don't have him---he called me once I cleared him to |
| land told him not in sight and I don't have him | ||
| 15.52.34 | CERAP | well he must have crashed then |