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.
Hanalolo flight with no roof.
One of the pilots on aloha airlines flight 243 describes what happened when the roof of the plane tore off 26 years ago.
On april 28 1988 aloha airlines flight 243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii.
An earlier leg of the flight using a different aircraft brought.
811 originated in los angeles thursday night bound for auckland and sydney with a stopover in honolulu.
Aloha flight 243 air disaster history of the flight on april 28 1988 an aloha airlines boeing 737 n73711 based at the honolulu international airport hawaii was scheduled for a series of interisland flights to be conducted under title 14 code of federal regulations cfr part 121.
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Sydney to honolulu hawaiian airlines.
The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats resulting in the deaths of nine passengers.
A passenger on the flight told shepard smith that when the plane hit the turbulence i never hit the roof so hard in all my life a spokesperson for air canada told ctv news preliminary.
Flight 243 departed from hilo international airport at 13 25 hst on april 28 1988 with six crew members and 89 passengers on board bound for honolulu.
Very comfortable and efficient.
Hilo to honolulu hawaiian airlines.