Hawaii Flight Roof Ripped Off

Honolulu a gaping hole ripped open on the right side of a united airlines jumbo jet carrying 354 people today sucking eight to 11 passengers to their death 20 000 feet above the pacific ocean.

Hawaii flight roof ripped off. On april 28 1988 section of the plane s roof suddenly ripped off in mid air. More than 60 were injured. 26 mi south southeast of kahului on the island of maui a small section on the left side of the roof ruptured with a whooshing sound. They began an emergency descent in order to reach an altitude where the air was breathable while also performing a 180 degree left turn to fly back to honolulu.

Honolulu a 10 by 20 foot rectangular hole tore open on the right side of a united airlines jumbo jet carrying 355 people to new zealand early friday sucking nine passengers to presumed death at. The pilots initially believed that a bomb had gone off inside the airliner as this accident happened just two months after pan am flight 103 was blown up over lockerbie scotland. The boeing 737 landed safely at kahului airport on maui but it goes down as one of the most significant events in aviation history. 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.

Cruising at 24 000 feet an 18 foot section of the plane s roof suddenly ripped off causing an explosive decompression creating a gaping hole in the fuselage and sucking a flight attendant out of. Flying at about 24 000 feet 23 minutes into the flight the ceiling above the passengers just aft of the entrance door suddenly and explosively ripped off leaving an open sun roof about one quarter the length of the airplane. The 19 year old boeing 737 named queen liliuokalani was one of the most common jet liners in the world. After a routine takeoff and ascent the aircraft had reached its normal flight altitude of 24 000 feet 7 300 m when at around 13 48 about 23 nautical miles 43 km.