Nearly three decades ago, one of the darkest days in Guam history took place, with the crash of Korean Airlines Flight 801. And today, on the 27th anniversary of the tragedy, our community came together to remember and celebrate the 221 lives that were lost. | KUAM News

August 6, 1997 is a day Guam will never forget. When Korean Air Flight 801 crashed waking up the island to one of the nation's worst air tragedies. KUAM News takes a look back at the survivors, rescuers, and officials who picked up the pieces to make sense of it all. Here's more from our coverage in 1998. | KUAM News

Korean Air Flight 801 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam. On August 6, 1997, the Boeing 747-300 operating the flight crashed on Bijia Peak, Guam, while on approach to the destination airport, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard, making it the deadliest aviation accident to occur in American dependent territory, and the fourth-deadliest aviation accident on American soil