Hawaiian Airlines Plane Roof Ripped Off

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Hawaiian airlines plane roof ripped off.

On april 28 1988 aloha airlines flight 243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii. 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. 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.

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. 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. The flight was just another routine interisland flight. 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.

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. The 19 year old boeing 737 named queen liliuokalani was one of the most common jet liners in the world. 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.