Mayday · SEASON 4

Missed Approach (Korean Air Flight 801)

Episode 4 · 2007-05-06

★ 7.4
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Episode overview

On 6 August 1997, the crew of Korean Air Flight 801 is unable to see the runway during final approach for a night landing in Guam. They initiate a missed approach, but the aircraft then flies into a low hill, killing 228 people. A combination of pilot error and the instrument landing system at Guam airport being temporarily out of service for maintenance work were blamed. AKA : Final Approach

45 minutes

Season 4 episodes

1. Miracle Escape (Air France Flight 358)2007-04-15 2. Falling from the Sky (British Airways Flight 9)2007-04-22 3. Fire Fight (Air Canada Flight 797)2007-04-29 4. Missed Approach (Korean Air Flight 801)2007-05-06 5. Hidden Danger (United Airlines 585, USAir 427 and Eastwind Airlines 517)2007-05-13 6. Panic Over The Pacific (China Airlines Flight 006)2007-05-20 7. Out Of Sight (1986 Cerritos mid-air collision)2007-05-27 8. Fog of War (1996 Croatia USAF CT-43)2007-06-03 9. Vertigo2007-06-10 10. Ghost Plane (Helios Airways Flight 522)2007-06-17