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June 8, 2020

A Korean Air Boeing 747-300 crashes into a hill in Guam just 3.3 miles from the runway threshold. Find out how navigation and weather caused this flight to go so wrong.

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In Pilot Failures Tags Controlled Flight into Terrain, Korean Air, 747-300, Nimitz Hill, Guam, Navigation, Glideslope Out, Localizer Only Approach, Fatigue
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