Flight To Hawaii Roof Ripped Off

Honolulu saturday marks the 30th anniversary of aloha airlines flight 243.

Flight to hawaii 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. Eighty nine passengers were on board that. At that point the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. 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.

In 1988 cracks caused part of the roof of an aloha airlines boeing 737 to peel open while the jet flew from hilo to honolulu. 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. 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. 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.

Another 65 passengers and crew were injured. A flight attendant was sucked out of the plane and plunged to her. The 19 year old boeing 737 named queen liliuokalani was one of the most common jet liners in the world. There was one fatality flight attendant clarabelle lansing who was ejected from the airplane.

On april 28 1988 section of the plane s roof suddenly ripped off in mid air. 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. 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.