Hawaii Flight That Lost Its Roof

Another 65 passengers and crew were injured.

Hawaii flight that lost its roof. A passenger jet loses a portion of its fuselage in flight over hawaii and is forced to make an emergency landing. 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. Aloha airlines flight 243. In 1988 an aloha airlines boeing 737 lost an 18 foot section of its roof at 24 000 feet between hilo hawaii and honolulu killing a flight attendant.

With connie sellecca wayne rogers ana alicia nancy kwan. The pilot landed on maui with the remaining. Aloha airlines flight 243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii. Last april 28 a flight attendant was killed and 61 people were injured when a portion of the fuselage on a boeing 737 peeled off during an aloha flight from hilo to honolulu exposing the.

Twenty minutes into aloha airlines flt. On april 28 1988 aloha airlines flight 243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii. At the time of the accident cronin had logged around 28 000 flight hours including approximately 1 600 to 1 700 hours in boeing 747 aircraft. Written by akash navi april 30 2019 now you ve probably seen hollywood movies where a hole in the side of a plane causes utter chaos food trays and bags flying seat belts unable to keep passengers in place.

On april 28 1988 a boeing 737 297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight but was able to land safely at kahului airport on maui. 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 the plane. Starting in honolulu flight 811 was helmed by captain david cronin age 59. The flight was just another routine interisland flight.

Flight 811 was cronin s penultimate scheduled flight before his mandatory retirement. Despite the substantial damage inflicted by the decompression and the loss o. 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 the plane. Directed by dick lowry.

Lost its roof at 24 000 feet but managed to land.