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A Federal Aviation Administration official cleared Guam's name in connection with the Aug. 6 crash of Korean Air Flight 801. Tom Rea, FAAregional representative, and two other FAA officers recently concluded aseries of meeting in Seoul with top officials from the Korean Civil Aviation Board and Ministry of Transportation and executives from Korean Air and Asiana Airlines.
"Because of safety concerns raised by Korean Air, the FAA set about to determine and resolve some issues while the National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation into the crash," Rea said on Oct 17, 1997. "Guam's airport has been and continues to be extremely safe."
(TOKYO) Worried that radar alone is not foolproof, All Nippon Airways Co.and Japan Airlines Co. have decided to deploy a new navigation device incockpits that displays obstacles ahead, such as tall mountains. The obstacles are lit up on a map and give pilots early warning of potential risks, sources said on Oct. 4. The current radar system does not display land forms. In the recent air disasters in Indonesia and Guam, it is suspected that the pilots were not aware of how close they were to the ground because of poor visibility. The warning device stores maps of the world in its database. It will display a map and the location of the aircraft by using information from the aircraft's flight management system and the global positioning system from satellites.
Family members of Korean Air crash victims gathered for the 49th day ofmourning ceremony at Nimitz Hill, across the valley from the crash site. Mostof them came to Guam prior to sept 24, 1997 for Chusok, the Korean holiday ofharvest. Two Buddist monks flew to Guam from Seoul on Monday to lead theceremony. An altar and plates of food sat in front of family members asincense were burned and rice wine were given to the dead as they waited in line to bow at the altar.
A Guam couple, Sang Young Shim and Soon Duck Shim filed a personal injurysuitTuesday in a California district court. Sang Young Shim was a passenger onthe flight that killed 228 passengers when it slammed into Nimitz Hill Aug 6.Sang Young Shim sustained injuries when the plane crashed into the ground. Hewas released from Naval hospital earlier this month in Sept. Court documentsstate that Sang Young Shim, Soon Duck Shim "lost support, services,companionship, society, affection, sexual relations and solace from SangYoung Shim." Court documents state Korean Air operated Flight 801 in ahazardous manner that intentionally violated safety procedures.
On Sept 1, 1997 Del. Robert Underwood of Guam will introduce legislation inthe House of Representatives to require foreign airlines that service U.S.destinations to have a family assistance plan in event of crashes forfamilies of crash victims. After the Flight 801 crash, "One of the biggest problems was that there was no coordinated service (for the family members),"Underwood said. "It was very frustrating for them." A federal law requiresU.S. airlines to establish crisis management plans to help families of crashvictims, but that law does not apply to foreign carriers.
"Alot will depend on the cause," said Joseph Zulka, executive vice presidentfor Pacific Indemnity Insurance Co. "If the reason is placed on the airline,they will be the ones that will have to pay a good part of the liability forthis. It could be hundreds of millions of dollars." Although the payoutscould reach high levels, Korean Air's Insurance Company is protected byreinsurance. "They basically insure themselves. Reinsurance is insurance forinsurance companies," Zulka said. Through reinsurance, risk is assumed byother companies in return for a portion of the premium.
Most analyst agree that there will be no immediate financial impact from theGuam crash. The impact would instead be long term, coming from damage done toits image. "Korean Air enjoys an excellent cash flow," said Lee Chulhee ofDongwon Securities Co. Last year Korean Air carried 46 percent of passengerstravelling in and out of South Korea, taking a total revenue of $4.1 billion,up 8.4 percent from the year before. It plans to spend $10 billion by 2005 todouble its fleet of jets which now totals 121.
| Guam Memorial Hospital | -SURVIVOR LIST||
| Survivor Name | transportable | Remark |
| 1. Son, Sun Yeo | yes | S.Korea |
| 2. Lee, Chang Woo | yes | S.Korea |
| 3. Kim, Duck Hwan | yes | S.Korea |
| 4. You, Jung Rye | yes | S.Korea |
| 5. Lee, Pan Shak | yes | S.Korea |
| 6. Kwon, Jin Hye | yes | S.Korea |
| 7. Kim, Min Seok | yes | S.Korea |
| 8. Lee, Jae Nam | yes | S.Korea |
| 9. Kim, Jae Sung | yes | S.Korea |
| 10. Matsuda, Rika | Japan | |
| 11. Son, Seung Hee | yes | S.Korea, flt attendant |
| 12. Park, Seung Bong | yes | S.Korea |
| -------------------- | ---- | -------- |
| Naval Hospital | -SURVIVOR LIST | |
| Survivor Name | transportable | Remark |
| 1. Oh, Sang Hee | yes | S.Korea |
| 2. Lee, Youn Ji | critical, S.Korea Flt attendant | |
| 3. Ju, Se Jin | critical, S.Korea | |
| 4. Park, Ju Hee | Yes | S.Korea |
| 5. Hong, Hwa Kyung | yes | S.Korea |
| 6. Lee, Yong Ho | yes | S.Korea |
| 7. Shim, Sang Young | S.Korea | |
| 8. Hong, Hyun Seong | American | |
| 9. Shin Hyun | yes | S.Korea |
| 10. Song, Yun Ho | yes | S.Korea |
| 11. Kim, Ji Young | yes | S.Korea |
| 12. Small, Barry | New Zealand | |
| 13. Shim, Jeannie | American | |
| 14. Shim, Angela | American |
According to www.computerworld.com, errors in low-altitude warningsoftware used by the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning systems at two U.S. airports were discovered and corrected after theFAA ordered nationwide testing of the systems after the KAL crash. Problems wereuncovered in Fayetteville, N.C. and Florence, S.C., the FAA announced onAug 15 97 (mainland date). In addition, the software at the Aspen/Pitkin,Colo., airport isn't being used because of a large number of false alarms.Another 191 systems were found to work properly.
Korean Air Guam Night Flights to be Halted{Associated Press} The Korean Air President spoke at a parliamentary hearing in Seoul regarding the crash and said that Guam night flightswould be suspended until the cause of the crash near Nimitz Hill would bedetermined. This announcement was only a prelude to the final announcementin October 1st 1997 of a complete pullout of Korean Air from Guam up untilMarch 28 1998.Another Korean Airline, Asiana Air has haltedflights into Guam until Sept 12th when FAA will press back into servicethe Glide Slope device {the Glide Slope was actually fixed on Aug 31st}.
The Guam Visitors Bureau, in sympathy with the grieving Korean people overthe Korean Air Flight 801 tragedy, will repect the tradional Korean periodof mourning before wooing back Korean tourists. GVB General Manager JamesNelson acknowledges that the crash caused much damage to the image of Guam,with GVB losing whatever headway it gained in the past. Nelson said theKorean market will shrink within the next 12 months. A 13 member tour andtravel agents association have reported cancellations translating from upto 3000 people no longer coming to Guam per week. The Korean tourist marketmade up of family and honeymoon vacationers is the second largest touristmarket to Guam, topped only by Japan.
