Automation's Unintended Consequences

At 0150 on Aug. 6, 1997, Korean Air-lines Flight 801 slammed into a hill 3.5 nm short of Runway 06L at Agana, Guam. The crash, which occurred while the crew was conducting a nonprecision localizer DME approach in darkness and rain, claimed 229 lives. Several causal factors played a role in this...

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