Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
Aloha Flight 243: How A 737 Landed Safely After Losing Its Roof By Jake Hardiman and Tatenda Karuwa Updated Nov 2, 2023 Looking at one of the most unorthodox flights in history. Photo: Jenzinho | Shutterstock Summary Explosive decompressions are a dangerous phenomenon that can forcefully project objects and debris.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
The passengers and crew on Aloha Airlines Flight 243 endured a living nightmare when the plane broke apart mid-journey, sending a flight attendant to her death before the pilots executed a.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
On April 28, 1988 the miracle landing of aloha airlines flight 243 happened. In this video, we will investigate how the aloha airlines 243 pilots managed to.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
It was the fateful day when Aloha Airlines Flight 243 lost the upper half of its fuselage, mid-flight while carrying 89 passengers and six crew on the short 300km hop from Hilo on Hawaii's.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
As Aloha Airlines Flight 243 leveled at flight level 240 on an inter-island flight from Hilo to Honolulu, an 18-foot-long section of the upper fuselage suddenly departed the airplane, sweeping a flight attendant overboard. The captain performed an emergency descent and diverted to Maui, landing on Maui's runway 02.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
Aloha Airlines Flight 243. On April 28, 1988, Flight 243 took off from Hilo bound for Honolulu in Hawaii. There were 90 passengers and five crew members on board. At 24,000 ft, the Boeing 737 suffered an explosive decompression, which ripped off the passenger cabin's roof and right and left walls from rows 1 to 6.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
On April 18, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 took off on a routine inter-island flight from Hilo, Hawaii, to Honolulu, Oahu. The commercial Boeing 737, renowned for its safety and reliability, experienced one of the most nightmare-inducing accidents imaginable during a flight - the roof ripped off. Miraculously, all 90 passengers on board survived, with only one fatality recorded, and the.
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April 28, 1988 The Roof of an Aloha Airlines Jet Ripped Off in MidAir
Saturday marks 30 years since that deadly Aloha Airlines flight 243 accident that killed the 58-year-old flight attendant, Clarabelle Lansing, whose body was never found. More than 60 of the 89.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243 This Day in Aviation
Overview of Aloha Airlines Flight 243. Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Hawaii on April 28, 1988. Departing from Hilo International Airport and en route to Honolulu International Airport, the Boeing 737-200 aircraft operated by Aloha Airlines carried 89 passengers and six crew members.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
On April 18, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 took off on a routine inter-island flight from Hilo, Hawaii, to Honolulu, Oahu. The commercial Boeing 737, renowned for its safety and.
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April 28, 1988 The Roof of an Aloha Airlines Jet Ripped Off in MidAir
It was April 28, 1988, and a routine service for Aloha Airlines Flight 243 on a Boeing 737 from Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii. There were 89 passengers, two flight crew, and three flight attendants onboard. A passenger reportedly thought that they saw a crack in the fuselage near the aircraft door while boarding but did not mention this to the crew.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a routine inter-island flight from Hilo (on the island of Hawaii) to Honolulu (on the island of Oahu), took off on the afternoon of April 28, 1988. It contained a crew of five and 90 passengers. The plane was a Boeing 737-200.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243 1988 r/CatastrophicFailure
Passengers evacuate Aloha Airlines flight 243 after its successful emergency landing on Maui. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) On the 28th of April 1988, passengers aboard an Aloha Airlines Boeing.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Years before Captain Sully and the "Miracle on the Hudson," there was Captain Schornstheimer, and the miracle landing of Aloha Airlines flight 243, after part of the plane.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
In the most horrific case, a flight attendant for Aloha Airlines was blown out of the cabin of a Boeing 737 over the Pacific Ocean in 1988 after an 18-foot-long (5.4-meter-long) chunk of the roof peeled away. Her body was never found. The tragedy led to tougher rules for airlines to inspect and repair microscopic fuselage cracks before they.
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988
Twenty minutes into Aloha Airlines Flt. 243, an 18-foot section of the cabin's roof had ripped off, creating explosive decompression at 24,000 feet and sucking 58-year-old flight attendant.