Originally Posted by eyeinthesky
Guam... Korean Air Crash
VOR/DME approach and the crew descended before passing the VOR instead of afterwards. All dead (i think)
Yes... all dead. In the Guam incident, the G/S was out of service. Only the localizer was available utilizing the VOR in conjunction with the LOC Only Approach. Lack of situational awareness by KoreanCaptain who refused input from his Korean first officer regarding mistuned nav-aids and position.